POINTS FROM LETTERS

Evening Post, Issue 66, 15 September 1936, Page 8

POINTS FROM LETTERS

"I notice with pleasure the remarks made by the Minister of Public Works (tho Hon. R. Semple) in reference to the Government's proposed future plans regarding superannuation for all, writes "Cheerio." "I have long since realised the injustice meted out to thousands of honest contributors to the general good, and I offer my congratulations to the Minister and his colleagues for the assurance given to remedy unjust conditions. . . . Lord Bledisloe had every confidence in the character of the people of this speciallyfavoured and far-aung Dominion in realising its ideal. This task, lam happy to observe, this New Zealand Government has set itself resolutely to accomplish, and witheach and every individual doing his utmost cheerfully that task may result in complete national and international leadership. Such leadership based upon fundamental principles of justice and good will will' bring about emancipation from the present decadent economic conditions; and those of us who have suffered and sacrificed severely can be happy in the knowledge that such experience has purchased national ana economic freedom for posterity."

"One who has suffered" condemns in strong terms the furnishing, conveniences, and conditions in some houses in which rooms are let. The conditions, the correspondent states, are a menace to health. To correct them a system of registration of apartment houses should be instituted, and the houses should then be Inspected by competent women social workers who understand the laws of hygiene and sanitation.