LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18707, 13 May 1924, Page 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

C'XfMISSING FLAGS. —The Auckland Police . Station': has three flaijstaffs. " I have not yet seen '» . flag hoisiled ■: there in honour of the visit % of the fleet. 1 Many people are wondering'-• -T w 'by. ' • Ccsrotrs. •*' BOY SCOUTS. Sir,—"While complimenting the;- Girl . Guides organisation on the excellent" helpJ' which they are rendering the community /-V-i during the present strenuous.' one is tempted to ask where are the boy scouts? Why are they, of no use? Why are not •" ''' the ccouts regulating ' crowds staking,: " sailors about; standing at the alert at the >.' - museum, library, art gallery, ready to ' • snow items of interest; at the railway sta- - *: tion, to give help _to overladen mothers with children; helping to carry parcels, or ' do tho hundred and one things whicn v , come under tlha heading "good"'-; turns. There are school holidays at present, so there is no. excuse for not. allowing them to be useful, I am sure they would-be more than willing. .They were ' allowed to show courtesy to.tho Japanese Navy why, not 40 their own? Putting EOme^ n g big and really useful like this woijld result in a much larger ten h,ft nC6 a *r the next rally. Xi is not . too late. Mother of THREE Scouts. ' THE VOLCANIC CONE AT MANGERE. lh? t i/ oul « apiar ' from ft letter in . the Herald on May 7, re the above, that the ,? TIE £6 re «dents are against the use of the cone for a scoria pit. There are a - number oi USI lesser ratepayers Z* o*™0*™ nothlr, £ of the meeting until we saw the _account m the papers.. As a matter Ox fact, the P ifc is badly needed nripnf° U tK- SUp ? l y a lon e felt want. At u ® , 6 only decent scoria is to be obtained at Ihumata, , ten,., miles away : The land containing the cono under distimn 10 « a?* 0D market for some time, so the present objectors had amnio u y "to it if they .wanted to retain it - aS a beauty spot. 'I am voicing the opinion of many in saying that a is sufficiently enterprising to invest his hard-earned capital in such a ■ tff ,s deser ! ing of the support of his neighbours, and not thei,. interference fereit Ism v tilQ . Government to inter- • ment has S / opinion that the Government has sufficient important matters of Jh t W ° rry ab ? nt without bothering what 3k man is rrmnrr •>! ° sg reito ' o 'cfalL'I L ' IMPERIAL preference. ' Sir,l wonder .if C.H N vno D„ __ W r - h f Se T ,S to sa y in" his letter "n Imperial < preference. He savs ♦ hit if prei'erentiaiists would advocate 3 inter-Im* SRJ^fasta::: i ' ib » ra| AJtujuui i artics and by free traders all ho? the Empire. i ; Now how can that "S 9 ' ° f f ® British ■ preferential policv. A " self-contained Empire is the' ideal" not : * " C H°w nfcained Bnd isolated : communities as " . C.H.N, suggests, and free trade : within . that self-contained Empire ■is an . altogether consistent - and ' desirable Result. But t;>w can free traders support such a plan ? Inte;r-Imperial free ; trade would . ; mean. Empire ... tariffs against foreign goods which in the eyes of the free trader is the unpardonable sin. , • I .have not ' heard ! that British free traders' are prepared -to accept ; such a policy, - and" in spite of - C.H.N. assurance, I doubt it. ■■ • | . U N.H.C. - ' SUPERPHOSPHATE. ■■' \. ' Sir,—-In your issue of Thursday, 'last " ; you. publish a letter from Mr. 'Edward • Allen on the' comparative cost of super-' phosphate in - Melbourne:- and ' Auckland, ' ■ : showing a difference of ;£1 as against the "* purchaser here,' although the "cost of the. - rock, acid and " manufacture is the game .. T at: each > place. At the end of October, ; 1923, ■$ you published ■a ' note from ./ i f.he ; writer on the same question. I then dealt with the • costs as . between Sydney i and Auckland, showing the J fertiliser Jto . '%" be ;£1 10s dearer •in Auckland. Also: -I referred to ; the Prime " Minister'sstate-' ment ' in PnrJiamsnt.l when » the ; Nauru v : mandate was" accepted, "that : if the manufacturers : did .-.not = produce the fertiliser at" a• . reasonable cost, .? the - Government would . undertake g the ..Work';' of manufacture. I hey/ think .the redemption" of that promise is overdue, ■unless the local .\■ : : manufacturers can «be " induced "or k com- " pelled to bring - the price \ down . v to - the Sydney level. ..... •• Farmer. : MOUNT EDEN AMALGAMATION. V\ Sir, — inference to be drawn from • Mr. Potter's letter •; is that it would•; beI to the' benefit of "Auckland if Eden Terrace," Aiichhill, Ponsonby, . Epsom, and * . . other suburbs i were to "leave ; the city and ■ ■ ■■, each set up, its own little body of Mayor, - councillors, etc., but he will find few to I agree with, him. - Auckland id not' as « big■ as London. When it is ione-tenth of the ieill size will 'be time enough .to suggest it I is too large", for one local body to manage.' - ' I,f anc y that "New Chum*" is ,wrong St whenhe.says the area of London' City 'is S|l t 1120 acres. I believe it is exactly one ■ square mile, or 640 acrcs, and it conI tains more people than New Zealand. WeVi k all, know that it has nothing to do with - 1 he London County Council, anc! ;we '■ all ? ' -■ 1 know that, the: L.C.C. rates ffiVl^rhole^ [ metropolitan area, and that it doe;? almost i- everything; in the way of,public services, i'! and has carried .on^huge';: improvement , schemes on : a proper f plan,, which would. '? ha ye been impossible under the old dis- ' anion. ; -.The whole of Auckland could be put into almost, any oae of the .bodies con--5 trolled by the L.C.C. As " New Chum "• i a P pro P natel remarks, M tiach has its own I$ ■ f Mayor, aldermen, and dovincillors." This is about all they • have got, and ;if these * sweets of office could :be retained .in - Aucfc- / ■ 3 land/-, we I should i not • have. the l invariable fef * 1 porous opposition to amalgamation onUp i the part of members of local bodies. • . What is right' in principle' will work out •' . in ■ fact.'; The i principle of a Greater Auck- -• . land is.unassailable, and if Mount Eden' ' joins it' will never have cause 'to regret lfc - ' H. E. Vaxle, >'' 1 " " a WATERSIDE WORKERS' BAND./, ®. Sir,—May Ibe permitted to reply to C. _ Bailey's letter 'in the Herald of May 6. 7' He states' tijat if the Waterside Baud had B not been paid £1 per man their picnic *: would have had no band The fact is that jl since' its formation : in- 1918, the band, ini eluding myself and even Mr. Bailey, have' given their services free if required to do , so. At the last picnic the union members who approached us ; asked us to make"as' iX reasonable ; a ..-'charge as 1 possible, f hence,"i our refund of £9. ' As to borrowing young i/ piayers from other bands, the fact was ' $ that a son of " a member- of " the union came with , his instrument v and asked to join in for experience. I repeat that it is ■ absolutely- untrue to . suggest on? band . ever turned down any request rfcr.>their r . services for a benevolent purpose. The i statement ' that only one .-unionist.. belongs 'Vr • ■ to the band is incorrect. L There, were four, i and the librarian' making five/ That I ' , joined the "union for.band purposes is also . ' incorrect, I have ; not been . a^. member ~'--;,_ V • of the Waterside .Union for/ five years. . i Regarding |; injury «to*, instruments and* ||| ! music, Mr. Bailey's statement is a gross - - / exaggeration. -: The report of the -. expert . after, ,the instruments, uniforms, and r -\- music were handed in was that they wiire ' in perfect -1 order with 'the exception of one instrument that , had been slightly 'in- i • juTed by An -accident. / Mr. Bailey should' rV' | „ bt much more -careful vin his pub!!ic si»itements on theje matters, as a clean ; receipt was - given - for - all - instruments. / r■; 1 music and uniforms by the union's secre- | tary, and one of the union members. W. Keese. Hon. Secretary, ■ ; . Port Auckland Band. > te [This - correspondence is closed.—Eij. Herald."] > M H , ■■1 1 —