Others Point of View

Northland Age, Volume IX, Issue 16, 28 November 1939, Page 4

Others Point of View

The paper is in no way identified with the views expressed by correspondents. ■ 1- -1

REDAN ROAD Sir. —May I utter an agonized cry per medium of your columns on behalf of my motoring brethren as well as myself about the conditions of the Redan Road, and appeal to those responsible for its upkeep to have a go at putting a rideable surface on it. At present the strip past the saleyards is a mass of corrugations arranged with the precision of permanent waves and varying in depth from O.S. to X.O.S. in pothole measurement. But this strip is not the only portion that needs attention ; the cobbles past the Police Station need reducing in size, the gaping crevases at the straps of the bridge and the wide area of assorted potholes at the junction with Commerce Street should receive attention. May those in charge heed this appeal and help us in our trials. Yours, etc., MOTORIST

DISHONEST FINANCE Sir. What citizens should guard as their most precious economic treasure is freedom to express thoughts, discreetly and reasonable candour, on any subject matter seriously affecting national unity wel fare and prosperity And especially guard their monetary system from treachery. Vigilantly observe the desperately unscrupulous attempt of the discomfitted Capitalists to frustrate any reform of the monetary system teeming with human tragedy. The most menacing being the propagandist duplicity to captivate and capture the support of those they call the average electors, gullibil>.y is inexhausti'i e, to gam the Treasury and llm currency by excessive payments to wage ar.d salary earners and also the hftate guaranteed prices to ;h” primary producers to ruin the excellent monetary fsb .c so diligeniV and faithfully being inaugurated by Labour. Courtesy, moderation and fefinclio'nt are supposed, and rightly so, to be the attributes of those citizens aspiring to the dignity of being gentlemen. But what do we see. Generally a purse-proud arrogance that casts invectives at the very valuable servants of the people, i.e. the nation, by maintaining its solvency. Yet their welfare is to be jeopardised by the rich unions to whose egoism seems to be irrepressible. O tembora O mores. Yours, etc., WILLIAM R. KEAY