LETTERS IN BRIEF

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 1, 1 July 1912, Page 3

LETTERS IN BRIEF

- ''In' the Dark" wanta some light thrown on three matters— (l) Why a member of the Territorials had to drive over six miles in the Manawatu district on the King's Birthday to find there was no parade in Feilding? (2) Why should members of ' Parliament get a retiring allowance becauso they are old "any more than the man who uses the pick and shovel?" "Surely," argues the correspondent, "it any retiring allowance is granted the £2 10s eervant is entitled to it before the £6 a week senant." (3) "Are the old age pensions .granted to women on the same grounds as the other old age pensions—* ere they given to the one that has squan-' dered all her past earnings and stopped from the one • that .has ■ saved a tew pounds?" The correspondent closes with the suggestion that thu concluding part of the Governor's Speech would have been improved if "labourers" had ,been substituted for "labour" — ("And I pray that your labourers may, with tho blessings of God, promote the happiness and welfare of New Zealand.") Tha recent burglary in Wellington South is tho peg on which "An Old Resident' 1 hangs a suggestion for more policti iv that piixf, oi the city. Tho correspondent also thinks a hLtlo more energy should bo showu "in dispersing the knots of loungers on the corners and in the shop doorwayß on Sunday oven,mgu." "Ngaio Traveller" tilts at the suburban train service on the Manawatu line. He suggests the railway officials might be interested in knowing "that the barometer is falling fast, and a heavy storm is, predicted unless a "train is- run from town to Johnsohville at about 9.30 p.m. on Saturdays ; also that any man who knfiv/ anything about railways would nofc say it io impossible to carry, pabsengertt on the 8.5 p.m. goods train froui to\vn." "Ona Who Knows" ' calls attention to some of tho "sweets'' that arc eaten by children. l£o alleges that the Variety known as "toffee apples" is "merely a green apple_ dipped in boiling su^ax," and emphasises tbo complieatjoiw likely' to i'ebutf. from children eathjg "such giren tfruit-.'t fruit-.' •Noticing the many propositions made in The Post columns for . beautUying the city. "Arbor" wants to know if tlio civic authorities could not supply "a .few eucalyptus trees at Aro-strett terminus?" "H. G." considers a more systematic method should be adopted in planting trees iv public places at Seatoun. He considers the plan adopted in the past is almost woree than useless.