LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33815, 11 April 1975, Page 8

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

(11 Letters to be considered for this column must not exceed 150 words They should be on only one side of the paper, preferably typewritten other wise clearly written in ink. and ample margins and space between lines should be left for convenience in sub editing i2) A legible signature and full; address — not a P.O box: number — are required < whether these are to bei printed or not. (3) The correspondent must sayj whether the letter has been; or is to be submitted elsewhere. (4) The editor cannot return or| keep any letter not accepted i for printing; nor does he undertake to acknowledge or enter into correspondence concerning letters, although an acknowledgement will be « made where this seems to be necessarv or helpful (5) As a general rule correspond-: ence on news items in other! publications or carried on ■ radio and television is not 1 acceptable Self Help.—More than 150 words. Serene. —Signature illegible. Stone-Age Citizen.—Sorry, no space |V.Q.—You forgot to sign your letter. Still Waiting.—The result was printed on Page 31 in the raffle results on March 19. John Q. Citizen.—You may parade your own prejudices, so offensively expressed, only over your own name. I Didn’t Know.—Mr H. E. Connor, assistant director of the botany division of the D.5.1.R., agrees that the Irish yew is poisonous and that parents should ensure that their children do not eat it. The cruel plant (araujia) sometimes called the moth! plant, may be considered by; the Monarch butterfly to be! an acceptable substitute to, swan plant, as it belongs to; the same family. Another! possible substitute is, oleander, which is much more common than the cruel, plant in Canterbury.