Readers Write

Northern Advocate, 10 August 1938, Page 4

Readers Write

I notice the borough is looking ■ ahead, and wisely so, in making pro-! vision for more water by the acquisi-' tion of volcanic BOROUGH springs adjoining WATER SUPPLY, the present supply. The borough council cwn a very large water reserve, and I don’t know that it has been thoroughly investigated. A very large area of it feeds the Mangere creek that runs out through Kara. It is a very strong stream of beautifully clear water running out through a rocky gorge. I have seen rainbow trout in the stream a foot long. The stream flows out at the back of Mr Wood’s property, and traverses the back of the late Mr Secccmb’s property, now variously owned, and at one point is within approximately three-quarters of a mile of the Maunu Read. It seems at a fairly high elevation, and if the water could be gravitated through Maunu (which is a badly watered area, depending on wells and rain), it would give a needed and payable service to that end of the borough. It may be worthy of consideration, or at least investigation. Volcanic springs are precarious; sometimes they shift. —“SETTLER.”

I notice that you, in common with newspapers generally, oppose any suggestion that there should be censorship of the news CENSORSHIP supplied to the people URGED. of this Dominion. I can understand that editors would not like to have their great powers curtailed by a civil servant, a town clerk, a mayor or any other outside individual invested with the rights of censorship, but I am afraid that the latest outburst by Mr Scrimgeour has proved beyond doubt the need for a censorship. As some one said in the House yesterday, words heard over the air or read in the Press have a great effect on children. Parents have a right to demand freedom from worry in this connection. Accordingly, I think that Parliament should legislate at once in the direction of putting all news distribution under strict control. There should be no distinctions in this matter; it should be a case of all or none, air and Press alike. —“PARENT.”

In your paper tonight, I noticed that an effort is being made to keep the public well posted up in the attractions of Whangtarei WHANGAREI and district. This I NEGLECT, am glad to see, but in this connection I would like to express my disappointment, after an absence of ten years, to come back on a visit and find that two of your attractions are in a worse condition than I saw them when residing here. I refer to Whangarei Falls and to Anzac Park. I took some visitors up to see the falls, and while it gave them a lot of pleasure to see the large amount of water flowing over the precipice, they were disappointed with the state of the approach to same. Sunday last being a lovely day, I started out for a walk, intending to reach the top of Anzac Park to get a good view of the town and district, also to rest and have a read after the long walk. Arriving there, I found the approach was just a mud track, with no gate at the entrance, this being boarded and wired over so that I had difficulty in getting in. I passed the old rusty relic of the war, no care having being taken of it, and when I reached the clearing at the top there was no opening so that one could see the view, and no seats where one could rest when tired after the long walk. I have mentioned these things in the hope that some action will be taken by those interested (and surely someone is interested), to make these places a permanent attraction, kept in such a condition that it will be a pleasure to visit them, and for the authorities to advertise them. —X.Y.Z.