Readers Write

Northern Advocate, 23 May 1944, Page 4

Readers Write

Mr Whimp’s statement at the Harbour Eoard meeting that the board had brought a road to my property whereas I pre-

HARBOUR ROAD

viously had to carry fruit intc

Whangarei across a bridge is not strictly correct. The fruit I carried to town was infinitesimal, the greater part being taken by water to the wharf of Clyde Street. The road spoken of should have followed the line of the sewer, where it was planned years ago. There would then have been no need for a bridge over the Waiarohia Creek.—W. A. HOEY.

In writing in your issue of May 12, “Public Spirit” missed a cardinal point. Let “her” mentioned (which I take is Mary

ROLE OF FARMERS’ WIVES

Spedding) and her contem-

poraries, sit down for a long enougn period till “Public Spirit” and others mentioned, “sitting” in the midst of modern civilisation, with its admitted comforts and luxuries, can count one another’? ribs for, pastime, and perhaps be sufficiently educated to appreciate,, the same Mary Spedding and recognise that without her rock foundation modern civilisation would topple. Mary Spedding does not seek to destroy, but only asks for a fairer share of the cake she has helped to bake. Being the ugly duckling of the family, she was out of place, of course, in thinking the beauty with the curls was wrong in taking a bigger slice, with plenty of icing on it. Mary Spending was right in one thing: that the prosperity of this Dominion has been to a great, extent built up with the unpaid labo'hr of farmers’ wives and children. I personally know that that prosperity has, at. tirpes, been stained with their lifeblood.—J. M. BEAZLEY.