LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 179, 24 April 1908, Page 4

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

. i v .; *■; ; WOMEN VOTERS ANfr-SCHOOtS. " Sir,—Tho Education. Act- states that hoastyi '■ holders and their wives can vote at school! committee elections. Therefore, 'ladies can' participate-at. the election of school coiirmitx toes on Monday evening,, and. nstora. com-! , mittees pladged to effect reforms in tho'besjjl . interests, of our young raco of Now • landers.—-I am, etc., '■ DEMOS, i - : April 23, 1903. THE MANCHESTER FIGHT. . •Sir,—lt is 'important 'to emphasiso tire .- '-• ~ point that tho:coming Manchester fighit is ■ia'no way one between protection and. freetrader'' By: the cablegrams, I -boo that Mir: LloydGeorge ; has stated that "the defeat of; Mr* Churchill would bo a blow to 'freetrade." It; is'manifestly an adroit tactical move on the part of. tho Liberal-Labour party at Manchester, tho very sanctum sanctorum of Cobdenism, to attempt to brand its opponent as 1 a protectionist. . Mr;. Joynson-Hickß, the Unionist candidate, has, , however, stated that ho is lin no way a protectionist, i but stands ' : , for an honest and equitablo revision of our fiscal_ system, with a ..view:of protecting- ■ genuino industries from' unfair , competition, but not of building up such industries as can- 1 riot possibly exist .without artificial 'aid.': ;. If, . thoreforo,'the fair-trade ;-Unionist, Miv . JoynsonrHjcks, is beaten in freerimport Manchester, by the free-import Homo Ruler, Mr. Churchill', it, is probable that' the' election '; will have been won chiefly by the'personal : elan and magnetism of Mr. Churchill him- ■ &clf, ai<M not inconsiderably ,by the Homo I■, Rule v6te ; : . |3o'.far as fiscal r'feform is concerned, .this coming election can ha'vejnothing . like; the . importance! of tho late' Devon 'elec--. ;,' tioh, which-..was distinctly-fought' on that ' issue. . . .. , ' ' ■ ;. ! ', '■ ■■ To caU'.fiscal reformers protectionists : may. _ , or may not be,a fair move in.political war-' ' fare, hut •it is. doubtless an, effective • bogy. ;' ' with ( which'to.frighten*citizens who,' J.will not. v or i cannot think tilings, out'for themselves, and'it certainly comes , under the head of' . ; .'■ what Mr. : Churchill has called "terminologi- , cal.,inexactitudes." Such as the.."Chineea- ; slavery'' taradiddle, which won•the'lasteko-,"' tion.—Lam, etc., 1 : ■ , G.E.A.

April 23, 1903. "WORKERS' HOMES." ; 1 Sir, —In Wednesday's issuo of The Domiiiion nu a'ccountVis given of the workers' . homes in Coromandel Street and tho rents t<i be .changed for same. If a four-roomed .house could lie'obtained' for a payment of £2 17s. Id. per month, or 13s. 2d; per week,, ; and a'' five-roomed f . lionse for £3 Bs. 9d.per month; or over 15s. lOd. per week, things / . . could he considered reasonable. But when to thb aboVe .are added) 'insurance on house 17s:' : fo.£llosV3d v pePannum, also all "rates, ■ ..... 1 taxes, .iind assessments," in accordance with- i clause. ; '2B'.'of-tlio: regulations , under The • ' v Workers' "Dwellings Act, 1005, with sun-..... | iiry expenses according to clauso 20, it will-, ;bo;seen,that rents are likely to bo something . ; enormous. , Add tram fares, and workers will wonder where the cheapness comes in | and: where workers receiving only 7s. or Bs. per day are likely to reap an advantage. : When tho-abovo-mentiened Act -'was isitro- .• ' duced it was understood, that its .tendency . . would be to lower, rentsy; but.to my mindv ■!: j the Coromander Street -experiment is more likely, to cause,landlords;in.;that vicinity to :- t : raise them.l '/may ' add in conclusion., that some of the, bcdroonls are; very, small, tho ■ fences merely, posts,.and:.wire , netting,y.con-..' '• .1 sideration of , privacy being . altogether over-. . , looked.' Therefore, intending applicants should thoroughly understand the position, . beforo applying for a house.—l am, etc., j ' A WORKER. April 23. »-

. RUCBY'UNION MANAGEMENT. /" ■<. i. , Sir,—Allow. mo through, your, columns, to \ express my .regret ,at the Rugby Union's -.do*.. ,cisipU-.to-.'play nll .-thc football this., season > at Miramar. In coming to, this decision tho J Management 'Committee liavc.-^Vidently.'Jpr-'. ; | gotten that'tUey . have a duty tpwards-tha j general, public-as; well as the players, for it; , „;l is the public that provide the i means for, the players to indulge in the pastime, and by 1 asking people to. go right out of town, to I say tlio least of it, is extremely.unwiso. , • •< It strikes,me the Management : Gommitteo .!. 3 have decided on. this ground without. duo ■ . i i considcratibn, and on looking into, the matV , J tor so far. as conveyance is concerned you > i must see- how unprepared : the Union is to | moet s ßemands. Firstly, .tliese '.'trams,,call. :.q only carry GO passengers each,-and by dis- ,• -j patching one every jfive minutes, only moans. thecarriage of 700,' people .in ian hour. ';.Tak- -j ing the averago, attendance' at matches for ' j tho last few years, . this: means . that somo 5 bankers .must leave at least 2 or 3 hours f i beforo they- should do to be. able to watch a ■ .;j game,* and then for the return journey— s i well,''"l : must leave,this to your own, good- : | Psensel : ; i Personally, I think it time that.tho dele- g callcdjogether'another meeting to.re--.' ; ;] consider'tho matter,' that is if it is not too •'■'•h late',' and- I .lliink . they,' will 'tomej to the: . ,\'i conclusion',tliat tlicy./: should have, better "■-] business'men at r tlie~ head-of Rugby affairs. ; v,j 1 am, etc., , V:' DISAPPOINTED.