POINTS FROM LETTERS

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 13, 16 July 1934, Page 8

POINTS FROM LETTERS

"Himniei-tou Batepayeiv"; inquires when construction'work :-on the road approaches f roni'Plimnfertbii to the new Paremata bridge is to begin, and urges that there should ■be the^ least possible delay in the interests li.qth.-qf the'workless and of ratepayers who. desire .the work speeded up. : --'■vf '. '

"How can we, grow plants in our gardens and perpetuate and generally get some knowledge of them and their habits without first collecting them? 1;, asks "V.O. in. a letter" bearing on the question of restrictions on plant-col-lecting. As to "driec. and mounted 'collections, the writer has spent many happy hours in New 'York admiring mounted collections in museums: These collections included plant;life of many countries, not to be seen by most people except in that particular manner. Why should not the people of other coun-. tries'enjoy New Zealand's vegetation, in this "way, through, museum, collee- | tions? ■■ -V- .■' ■■■■•■-■-■-. ■.;■;.'•.. •. -. ,-. .-■'.;".

In defending the toacKer& >-Tationing scheme, the Minister of 'Education, (writes "Rationed Teacher"), pointed out-that of the..l 800 teachers employed in 'this way, no fewer than 350' hatt found '•:,permanent , employment. ',-^*-f Such being .the case> and as tie . Minister has; pointed out that . the ■■ rationed scheme was based on an equal'distribution of all finance available ;fdr ( .tlie purpose among those ' so'employed^ the ratidn'ed teachers can ; justly ask-what is-now becoining :of the'^l^OOO^ ;per annum (350 teachers: at %60 j,if rirmerly received "by this perman^ittiyi fabsorbed section: must;'obyiously >e;a differeneeV-approximatelyl;;jV"£42oK;per weeji-r-b'etween the v amount ■- paid out iv February and.that paid ndw. J How is it—all 'available.-inbney'being divided as outlined abbye'-^-that .3,^50 .still remaining are; ntb\ 'receiying^.the ■ -additional '4s 6d" per- •week';clea>ljf?''due;-tq them? '■:-" "'.- ■" ;V:'

Protest is;;made/by;y:f'Brian^Bbru'* against statemejiis made.'iiy>iitr.*G. W. yon Zedlitz in a leeture'on^Cryß. Shaw with Regard, to. the;:lrlsh:-'Protestant Church. "The Church was very'much alive in Dublin 50 years ago when I belonged to it. Of course, that was since Mr.; Gladstone' disestablished it in 1871. • They now have the Church of Ireland with almost the same service and lojral to his Majesty the' King." ' ..■■■-. ,'. ■.' . ■