LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16760, 29 January 1918, Page 6

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

NATURALISED ALIENS. Sir,Thj action by the police in stopping all naturalised Slavs digging gum, without further explanation, has come as a surprise. The Government has granted these people naturalisation papers, in which it is declared that they shall bo entitled to the same privileges as British subjects. Yet their living is taken away without explanation, What is the reason? Mangawai. J. P. Paulson. NEWMARKET FINANCE. Sir,—The statement of the finances of the Newmarket Borough Council, recently published in the Herald, should bo a lesson to those ratepayers in Nowmarkct who are against amalgamating with Auckland City. Under the circumstances, how can they expect any progress to be made under conditions which only allow things to be done in a miserable kind of a way, and no real return for their money ? Why not amalgamate with the city and have ■ivorks dono in a wholesalo and cheaper way, and also put an end to absurd boundary disputes Resident. January 25, 1918. SHORT WEIGHT. Sir,— beg to endorse Fair Play's " complaint regarding short weight. Last week I asked for 21b of apples; the net weight was lib lljoz. I went, back to the shop and complained, and, after considerable argument, the shopkeeper made up the weight. The original purchase was not weighed on " household scales," but on scales for letters and parcels which have to pass the Postal Department's check, and can easily register the difference between a sixpence and a threepenny piece. Another instance—the suburbs this time—a reputed pound of nectarines, when weighed, was barely 12oz. I was too far away then to take these back, or I can assure you the shopkeeper would have been enlightened. Worker.

MAIL NOTICES. Sir,—There has been a good deal of discussion of the question why the newspapers are not allowed to publish notices as to the despatch of oversea mails. One aspect of the matter has not been touched upon. When in Wellington during 1917, I often tried to ascertain from the postal authorities information as to despatch of theso mails, and never succeeded. On a good many occasions I was surprised to find that considerable numbers of the public had been more successful than I, for on visiting the general post offico I found it crowded with people, rushing to catch an outgoing mail. It is obvious that great injustice may be done. Of two business rivals, both getting supplies from Sydney, if one finds out when a Sydney boat is going, and can order his goods, and the other is denied the information, the latter is at a disadvantage. ' J.W.S.H. CROWN TENANTS. Sir, — the Auckland Farmers' Union and "Fairplay," who endorses its remarks, given the matter of non-residence on Crown sections proper consideration, they would have como to the conclusion that there may be a very good reason for the absence of some at least of the tenants. "Fairplay" writes about "these speculators," forgetting that hundreds of Crown tenants are either at tho front or doing efficiency work. Take my own case. Though over 60, I felt I could be better employed during the war than in clearing and cultivating my section, so, by the permission of the commissioner of the Auckland Land Board, I have taken the placo of one who is in tho fighting line. Ono of my neighbours, another Crown tenant, has been in France now three years. These conditions prevail all over New Zealand. " Fairplay' calls us speculators, and is "puzzled" to know why the Government allows such a thing, I consider that the land boards of New Zealand aro to bo commended for temporarily relieving Crown tenants from residence on their sections. Albany. SUMMARISED LETTERS. " Fairplay" writes that while Sir James Allen states that the Department proposes to send every unmarried man to tho front ■ before calling upon married men, with wives and children, ho has already taken ' hundreds of married men, with young ■ wives and young children, because they ■ were married after the war started.

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