POINTS FROM LETTERS

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 7, 8 July 1931, Page 9

POINTS FROM LETTERS

Strong protest is made by H. James against curtailment of the hours during which the public libraries are open. "Surely the library is for the use of the working portion of the citizens, and evenings, Saturday afternoons, and Sundays, as well as public holiday^ are the times when the working man can spend a little time in the library he pays.for." "A mine of information on the inner workings of the petrol and oil companies now dictating. the : price of transport motive power (writes "In the Trade") and its influence "upon rates chargeable and ultimately upon price levels and the cost of living, can be found in a report of an inquiry submitted to the Commonwealth House of Representatives by Mr. J. H. Scullin in March of this year. Those interested in this important matter and those immediately concerned will no doubt make full use of, the report. In New Zealand the Commerce and Industries Department is preparing a report to be submitted to the Government .by Mr. Forbes during the present session of Parliament. It is to be hoped that no halE-measures will be tolerated in this inquiry. ■ The public demand" should be.for facts,-and nothing but stern facts. Employees of the New Zealand oil industry have received their 10 per cent, cut,"but the price of petrol and oil remains stationary." ; "Atlas" writes:—'Termit me to correct a typographical error which has crept into my letter published in to-night's issue. My figures (quoted from a recent report of the Free Ambulance activities appearing in your columns) were as follows:—'6l4 cases carried during May, 99 of which were accidents.' The accidents thus work out to roughly one-sixth of the number of cases dealt with."