POINTS FROM LETTERS

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 70, 24 March 1931, Page 5

POINTS FROM LETTERS

■:-;'As a married man1 .withI.one child, .A Still Civil Servant" submits his case as .one of hardship arising from the proposed 10 ; peV cent. cut. The writer states, that; he : has had seven years' permanent; service ;' and has passed the examination.for! promotion and has had satisfactory reports, ; but as there are no vacancies,: he,is-still on the minimum of £209 las a year. With ■ 10 per cent, cut and 5 per cent..deduction for superannuation' he will have only i*S 5s 2d a week, but if. dissatisfied he,can scarcely seek other .employment when;, he has sp^nt his youth studying, a; specialised ! branch of the service and.has consequently become less adaptable for other; work.1" . ■ -A plea is-made .by\ "Crusader",, for;, a censorship of certain newsbills m which sexual cases are featured. ;: , , ' ■ "A.A.A." states that in the last two months there; has been- a great increase !of drunkenness about the. city; and this is a growing menace to/ the good name of Wellington' as well as,a direct damage^to our hope of rapid economic recovery. The fai-iter asks: "Is it not time that some action : should be taken by the present Parliament "to prohibit all relief workers on the various unemployment schemes in city, and country?" The, writer also' asks why does not the Government in seeking extra revenues heed the;, advice given' by members of the House and tax the liquor trade heavily, thus following the example of Britain and diverting buying power to other commodities. Lengthy comment is made by "Picture Lover" on the speech made by the Hon. G. Witty in the Legislative Council on •Friday. The correspondent contends that it would be wrong to tax pictures and thus keep people away from harmless amusements, while at the [same time-en-couraging betting by legalising the bookmaker. "Mr. Witty."goes', on to suggest the manufacture of whisky in New Zealand. He thinks the Government would make a lot of "money out of the manufacture of whisky and it would be an incentive to the farmer to grow more barley. Make whisky locally, reduce wages to lessen cost of production, 1 arid place a ; cheap brand of intoxicating liquor on the market. ~ Before anybody;, can make money out of whisky it must be sold, so in effect, Mr. Witty suggests that people get the whisky drinking habit so that the Government can make more money and the farmer a better price for his barley. Stop people from going to the pictures, but influence., them to,- drink plenty of • whisky." .: . ■ . ■ i "Elector" writes: "The Reform Party r have asked and their answer has been an1 :■ acceptance of support as Reform member .'. of Wellington yNorth of Mr. ;G. A. Trouß (Mayor). las an elector would like to li ask the executive of the Reform Party why has Sir John Luke, who has done such yeoman service for the city, as a citizen, Mayor, and member, been overlooked." ~..■■.. ■ . ■•■ .. :