CORRESPONDENCE

Evening Star, Issue 15129, 10 March 1913, Page 1

CORRESPONDENCE

hvo.ry letter in nut he accompanied by tkt , name and address oj the writer, ?u,„ necessarily jot publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Rejected letters cannot he returned under anu eircttmstdnces whatever. FOOTBALL. I 4 TO Thn KDITOK. b/i',—-As; our toolbali season is just at hand, 1 would like to call attention to ambulance men rushing the field when little or no accident occurs. I think it is an injustice to our real medical sports, who for many years hate rendered good services to footballers. It would be good practice for these ambulance men to be placed in junior grade grounds, where no doctor woidd he available, and thus be afforded good practice and more confidence ui themselves; otherwise they should be kept off the grounds until the doctor had examined the injured footballer, and then call for help. This is what has taken place. in. former years, and it has' been ver .V gratifying to see the number of doctors on the football grounds, all willing to relieve the pains of the. injured player. At the present time there are three or four ambulance men on one ground, especially if a big match is on, and other grounds arc wanting help. I hold with the principles of first aid. but in its proper pla.ee. 1 don't think ambulance men should be allowed inside the enclosure; only, doctors, who are (he sole judge, of the nature of a casualty. I think the-OUgo referees have a rule to summon medical men by the use of their whistle on the field of play.—l am, etc., Medical Spouts. March 10.

IMPORTS AND EXPORT'S, TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—ln estimating the value, particularly our exports, wo , do not allow sufficient differentiation between volume and value, or. in other words, by the ad vance or foil in prices. This is excellently set out and explained in a recent, number of the- ‘ Statist. 1 Being debtors, we should aim at increasing the volume, to keep in touch with our always increasing competitors. Our credit averages a,bout 1 per cent, better than our neighbors owing to our Imperialism. What we want is more production, and m larger volume, to maintain this credit. 'Die automatic advance in food prices is a. decided factor, too, in the increased value of our exports.—l am, etc., F.M. March 10.

THE MASSEY LAND POLICY.

TO THK KDITOR. Sir. —In your issue of the Bth inet. you publish an article ‘(letting Rid of the People's Estate,' by “Publicola," lam not in the habit of writing to the Press nor of attaching much importance to effusions of this kind, but I shall be glad if you will allow me to direct the attention of your readers to this article, as being a typical example of the unfair tactics pursued by opponents of the Massey Government. The inference obviously intended to be drawn from the article in question is that the Massey Government are responsible for the deplorable state of affairs alleged by the article in question to exist in the land system of the Dominion. Let me point out, in the first place, that the present Ministry only came into office eight months ago, and that the amendment to the land laws under which certain Grown lessees (nob “ every lessee." as " Publicola " states) can claim to obtain the freehold was not passed till the 7th November last —just four months ago; also that the last census, under which “Pahiatua actually showed a loss of population,” was taken on 2nd April, 1911. The ' Massey Government are out for close settlement by helping the man of small means to get on to "the land, and are the foes of aggregation. They are out in fact, to remedy the very evils' of which “Publicola" complains, but for which he unfairly infers the present Gove-,.-.orient are responsible. Reasonable and w-wtrous criticism and opposition are good, but articles like tbs cue in question will. I trust, not be taken eeriously by any right-thinking members of the community. —t am, etc., Facts. March 10.