Readers Write

Northern Advocate, 4 July 1939, Page 4

Readers Write

t ßeaders are invited to send letters for publication in this Column. A letter should be written in ink on one side of the paper, and must hear the name of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith . 3

During the past two weeks, folk down this way have been laying poison for rats or birds, and neigh-

CATS POISONED.

hours have been losing their pet cats, who have probably eaten the dead birds. Two old

ladies lost three pets simultaneously with a farmer who lost three of his four cats. We possess two beautiful black cats, and if ours had died the same way, I should be very upset indeed. —W. G. ALLEN, Onerahi.

How long are we folk going to put up with the worry and danger of animals on the roads morning, noon

WAKE UP, KAITAIA.

and night—pigs, horses, and cattle? The, otheri day, coming up from; Auckland, we ran into a

.n vvc iau xxi ti mob of cattle, and the drover, with! two dogs, did not assist us in any way or call his dogs to clear 'a passage for us. So we had to do the best we could. Consequently one beast started to cross the road, then altered its mind and turned back. It struck the car, and if the driver had not been keeping her eyes on the road and beasts, we might easily have been tipped into the ditch.

Also, I must mention the careless and fast driving on the ro'ads, and especially round corners. If the present traffic inspector has too much to do, why not put on another person to do the job? I take the liberty also to mention the urgent need for a restroom in Kaitaia, especially for our country folk. Mothers with small families come into town. After their shopping is dene they have to wander up and down the town, as they have nowhere to go, and when they return home they are too tired for anything. Why not put one up as a Centennial memorial? —“NERVOUS.”