LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16674, 19 October 1917, Page 8

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

~ RAILWAY • ECONOMY. Sir,— the Waihi-Pacroa :>Jine""• the *;*> ';. ' Railway' Department has a;.gang of men i ■; engaged* •in squaring, with adzes, " split T totara posts and ' painting the posts and -. rails-of -'the,cattle-stops. The railway.has " been built' about-12 years, and, for /the'.first time, *tbe '■ Railway J Department . has ,' thought : it : .necessary to make *■ these ■ imTprovemonts. Labour is said to be scarce, • and paint is certainly expensive, but per* haps, in some peculiar way, those painted posts may ; help to win the war. W.O.

, SOLDIERS' PARCELS. fe Sir,-»-On August 6 I posted a present to a relative in the thirty-first reinforcement,! : at, Wellington, ,tha package being . accur- ;: ately addressed with the addressee's name, number, platoon, ; company, etc., an! my. own name and address underneath. The package has not yet reached the addressee, - and notwithstanding repeated inquiries at ■the Chief Post . ■ Office, ' Auckland, ■ by, letter and' in person,. I cannot get any | report as to even tho probability of what has happened', .barring a service card stating, "Your complaint will receive inlinediato attention." \-\HI M. Curare. ■.■>. 8 .Mauku. '• , ■ '' . -•'.

PARCELS POSTAGE. :;,":■■ -r. Sir,—l • notice that the Government in- • tends to raise, the inland parcel.rates. . -I; ? consider this nothing but air-imposition' : on the country settlers, as it affects , them ' chiefly. 'It is only '■■ a short.' time i since' $ the railway rates,' freight . and passenger,; were raised 10 'per cent. 'Now. fragile parcels are to.bo charged 6d extra,: and those in the hack blocks will 1 have to pay' extra for their -medicine.;, .'-'.l..think -they have enough hardships without adding extra burdens in this manner. -Why ■should country people bear all these taxes |by; which town people are not affected to ;any great extent? p . /••■''■'' Country.;.. Pharmacist.