LETTERS TO EDITOR

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 111, 4 February 1943, Page 4

LETTERS TO EDITOR

Wool Prices Compared

Sir —No doubt, there are. many who will think that the sheep-farmer is getting an exceptionally high price for his wool, seeing that the Prime Minister and his colleagues are so very determined that the” will not be allowed to handle the la per cent, extra granted them so willingly bv the British Government. But comparing the present prices y , Ca i',!’ this is not so. From an old DnlgetJ s icview 1 see that the average price per bale for the years 1923-24 to -8-29, the six years before the slump, wits st/rling (equal to £27/12/8, N.Z. money, todav)? If we take the average tor 14 ‘•ear? before 1925-29 the average 16 £2o'3/- sterling (about £2.)/11/-, io(Tiv) and this period includes the two llump yenrl of 1921-1922 1 believe the nresent prices average between £IA and £‘2o. Farmers’ costs have risen more than the average, wool bales over• I.M per cent, and rates 100 per cent. Why, then, on ton of this, single the farmer out for a comimlsory'loan, -‘l a one at that?—lam, etc., THUS. DUinn. Mauriceville. 1- ebruary -•

Service On The Jury r i have been much interested in the statements and comments with regard to the shortage of A l '! L J.“ position is no doubt dtlhcuß, £ ® c . l J 1 the iob of getting in touch with entzens for jury duty cannot be well l’ er£or " or systematically organized. My tea son 'for making this state.nen m that although I am over 40 years of age 1 have never yet been called for sen tec on the jury. I have resided continuously since 1935 in AVellmgton, anti foi the last two years and a half have occupied mJ own house in Karori. Many <> my friends appear to be on the tegular Its of those calk'd for jury service, and t view of these facts, I would suggest that some overhaul <>f the methods employed ill calling on citizens is overdue.—l am, etc. WILLING TH SERVE. Wellington, l-'ebruary J.

U.S. of Wellington also writes questioning whether there would be any shortage of jurvmen if a complete citizens list were compiled. “I have lived in 1' cllmgtmi for twelve years,'’ he writes, but have never been called for jury service. .Moreover, several of my friends and acquaintances—most of them men ot middle age—tell me that they have jet to be called upon to give this service.