Readers Write

Northern Advocate, 31 January 1940, Page 4

Readers Write

One might be forgiven for assuming | that a gentleman who is chairman of j both the Whangarei County Council? • and Whangarei Hospital! HONEST Board, as well asf CRITICISM, deputy-chairman of the» local Patriotic Society,* would, or should be able to accept a | little honest criticism without getting | hot under the collar. | If he makes statements of a con-? tentious political nature, which are • published in the Press, he must ex- 1 pect such statements to be criticised. | At the patriotic meeting concerned, j the chairman (the Mayor of Auck-< land) asked this gentleman to keep? politics out of the discussion. He* must have had good cause for making j such a request.—“OBSERVER.” j ■ i | May I crave a few lines of your { valuable space on behalf of the par- ] ents of those 600 happy children ofj Northland who re- j THANKS TO turned to their homes] KUPE. on Saturday, after, their memorable and j never-to-be-forgotten trip? Their] i little lives are brimming over-, and j j they have not yet ceased talking of j all the thrills and wonders. We offer our sincerest thanks to | each and every one who helped to' make this great adventure the huge ■ success it was. But we all do knowit is to Kupe and his Princess, who, made this wonderful trip possible,' that each parent and every child owe their very deepest gratitude. Now, Mr Editor, on behalf of all those kiddies, could you print a picture of Kupe and Princess in the “Advocate”? I am sure every child would be delighted to hang the photo in his or her bedroom in memory of two they have learned to love, and who have given them the biggest thrill in their young lives. —“JUST ONE MOTHER.” [Picture of" Kupe and Princess Raranga will appear in special souvenir publication which will be issued shortly by the “Northern Advocate.” —Ed. N.A.I