"APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS"

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3185, 8 September 1917, Page 8

"APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS"

Siv-Under the heading of the ab ? ve.a XViS, from a single «**>:*s£«. not jeopardising ther f u^ m SU r O IlliipS detent. n f 6 rt tl 'n too "r w ,th w? nt T Te Tim- Is it fair as one Ufe - ■ ■•"'• Hta\rtps every other, for "c"Otiale «nd for ol .er Uo numerous to mention, that Jf s ould have nn ehßiioe whatever of thank Roodness. he for one wonW not be a party to such an injustice, ns ? ccm intended from the reply by Sir Tamc<= Mien (defence Minister) (o the Socoml Division's reonc-st "That they.bo oflioorcd by Second Division men. The National Government decided, and it was their duty tn do so from the be-

fcitfning, that they, by conscription, would'dictate ns to who ehould and who should not serve their King and pountry and when. Then, sir, it is thoir duty to see that those who are still left should havo the same rights and privileges ns they who went before us. If uny man is lit to give 'his life then me ie unlit for the duty of "pawn," only [when higher values nro allowed to his '•fellow-citizens, but precedence given because of thoir married state. May I nek (the Second Division Executive how Mhe ihugo majority of them would bo placed Bad this lamentable crisis occurred some Iten years previous. There is only one tonswer,. doing as 1 am trying, to ward toff a growing injustice. Again, had this (terrible.war been ono short year later Slow many who have now laid down their lives, and others who may yet do likewise, beforo the Second Division is baroJy touched, would have been like our firothers, married? Surely, sir, no man |»vith a conscienco would take so responsible a position as an officer unless he i Jbnlieyed and had his ability ratified- by those capable of judging? As a singlo mian I'would loath, and perhaps in justficb to my fellow men challenge at all icosts, any single man who was positioned Sby the sacrifice of a married man, more {competent, to lead me in iny last hours, fi'heu, sir, I hope that the Second Division will stand for "merit," and that alone, irrespective of state, as tho First [Division did. Next to sectarian strifo Sor dividing the people, I would place this already gone far enough "playing tone division. against the other." Sir, 1 (Sincerely trust that I have wrongly intterpreted the Minister's remarks, but loan assure- your readers that thero is great concern by single men as to this great honour and privilege being removed from their reach. . I have always scorned [political iniluence, and have refused its application in my humble sphere unless merit was being unjustly treated, and 1 maintain, and will always resist its application , as being unfair, more so. Shan over in this nil-important' "officerisig of troops."—l am, otc., JUSTICE. 'Wellington,- September 5. ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR AND EFFICIENCY Sir,—During'tlio'past six months fully jten thousand letters and articles have appeared in Now Zealand newspapers on this subject. Quite naturally aIL keen (and intelligent people are vitally interested in it, as ovon.tho total abstainer who iu his own person experiences no ill-effects, from this unnecessary indulgence knows that "no man can live to (himself alono." A proportion of the let-iter-writ.ers havo obviously direct ov :n-------idircct interests in tho liquor trade and its profits, but tho majority appear ansious to know the truth, to do tho right, wid seo right doing in practice. I would ask all people who havo a real interest Jn this subject to get Hor.-sley aud Sturge!s book, '"Alcohol and tho Human Body." . Tho cost is eighteenponco. It 56 published by Macmillans, and sold by any bookseller. It is simply, yet scientifically, written, and contains more (facts about alcohol in its various forms than any work in tho English language. It" shows'.the-effects of alcohol on childbearing, infants, women, the fised. : ' TiW "people know that alcohol, even in 6mall doses, is a very deadly drug. Before chloroform was known,- alcohol in a gaseous foi'ni was occasionally used for similar purposes. It was, however, eorm superseded by the former, as chloroform, death-dealing, though it has often •proved, ; is much less deadly than ako!hbl." The effects of alcohol aro especially noticeable in every hotel or limior cellar. Barmaids, barmen, _ and those engaged in "breaking down" liquor, even though they bo total abstainers, suffer worse from tho effects of alcohol than the so-called "moderate" drinker in private lifo, due entirely to the continual inhalation of the • alcoholic fumes. I have known many such people who wero jion-drinkers, but had to give up their occupation duo to its effects on their health. • After .3 few months in other employment they recoverd. I have known some-of them return to the bar, and very soon breakdown a°ain. Eighteenpence is not much money—the 'moderate" drinker spends more than that daily on alcohol; but anyone who gets. Horsier ami Sturgo'e book will soon know how best to inoreaso national efficiency. I believe that many medical men .in New Zealand, and the majority of oiir M.P/s, have not KjA this book; butHliat ie -no reason why. the intelligent public should not-be better iufoj-m-------ed on this pressing matter than they are. I consider that anyone Who spreads ' the information that Sir Victor Horsley and Mary Sturgo gained in their long professional experience, is doing a. national service of the utmost vnluej both iiow and to nnborn generations.—l ain, Cte V -;■- ■ VINDEX. PS—I note that Sir Joseph "Ward is a total abstainer/and all the most successful brewers in New Zealand are aunost, if not quite, total abstainers.—V;

Messrs. Baldwin and Eayward, patent attorneys and consulting engineers, of 210 7jambton Quay. Wellington, New Zealand, report that recently they acted as agents In , filing the following applications for registration of trade marks in New Zealand --California Packing Corporation, "Argo"; S. PilUncer. Ltd.. "Corobana"; 'Archibald Clark. Limited. Auckland, "Huntsman"; TJnited Motors Co., Grand ]!apids, "United"; Letherine Co., Masterton, "Glassinc"; Alcock and Co., Wellinßton "No. 5 Commercial"; Crown Bacon Co Palmerßton, "OroHn"; C. Bayer and Co., London, "Eomp Time"; Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co., "Ncolin'j Naen Motorß Co.,' Kenosha, "Nash"; J: S. Niool.- WelJiiißton. "Gasosava": A. E. Sykeg, New Plymouth, "Colaka";■Liberty Motor. Co., Betroit, "Liberty."-.