LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33492, 25 March 1974, Page 10

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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Mid-on.—No space just now. L D. Row.—The suggestion has been made many times. Brian O’Sullivan.—Sorry, no space; you could write to the N.Z.B.C. Harbour View.—The same point has been made in earlier letters,

hoped to continue this work through to Sherborne Street over the next two years. There are no immediate plans for major improvements to the west of Sherborne Street.”]

Bealey Avenue

Sir,—Bealey Avenue is nothing but a corrugated, pot-holed stock route. When is the City Council going to level it out?—Yours etc., R. J. MURFITT. March 10, 1974.

[This letter was referred to the City Engineer (Mr P. C. Secular) who replies as follows: “Bealey Avenue between Sherborne Street and Fitzgerald Avenue is a State highway. A contract has been let for complete reconstruction of the avenue between Barbadoes Street and Fitzgerald Avenue. This work is expected to commence in a few weeks and should be completed about October of this year. It is

Spread of thar

Sir,—The article on hunting in Thursday’s issue of “The Press,” says that thar have spread 1.5 miles a year. Thar were liberated near Mount Cook in 1904, 70 years ago. Your contention now puts them 52.5 miles either way from the point of introduction. The article says that thar can be hunted in the Lewis Pass. To my knowledge four thar have only ever been sighted there, three being shot, although one of these killings is dubious. A hunter seeking thar would surely have an irksome task locating such animals in the Lewis Pass. The Army had 1700 men, Skyhawks, helicopters and scout cars through the area last week without sighting thar.— Yours, etc., KEVIN J. WHITELAW. March 22, 1974.

Sport and politics

Sir,—A.C.R.E. would have it that the whites of South Africa are generous in giving taxes to black education. The whites can afford much higher taxes than blacks out of their fatter earnings made possible by exploiting lowerpaid black labour. If blacks and whites were given the same educational opportunities and other openings and payments regardless of colour, the blacks would no longer require any white “charity.” The very fact that blacks "need” white assistance simply indicates how poorly they are being treated by white supremacists.— Yours, etc., JOHN B. GALLAGHER. March 23, 1974.