LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

New Zealand Herald, Volume 82, Issue 25339, 22 October 1945, Page 4

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Straying Cattle Sir, —We have officers of the Automobile Association instructing our children in the schools on "safety first," for which I for one really thank them, hut can anyone tell me what protection children have from straying cattle on main roads? Mostly the fences in this district consist of one wire, or a tangled mess of wires and sticks, behind which a bull is allowed to roam. Twice now my children have been attacked and one time seriously injured by cattle on the roads. E. F. G. Wanstall. Domestic Service Sir, —I belong to a family of working people. Many a time through shearing and harvesting we have worked from 12 to 14 hours a day. Now I can be spared from home I. am longing to enter this domestic service initiated by the Government with the princely salary, paid holidays and 40-hour week. I shall be able to spend two days a week playing golf and every evening I can devote to Culbertson. But why must I have my meals with my employer, and why, oh why, be treated as one of the family? G.M.N. Saturday Shopping Sir, —"Efficient Housekeeper" should understand that she and other housekeepers only have to cater for their own households' and tiny world where special arrangements for amusements are easily managed. A shopkeeper has a duty to the public who support and keep liim, besides which many a oneman business relies on Saturday morning trade to make ends meet. Those shopkeepers who are so well off financially that they regard Saturday opening as a nuisance have their remedy in selling out arid taking a job where they will get their Saturdays free. Ajax. Southern Potatoes Sir, —In Thursday's paper it was stated that the Auckland Grain and Produce Merchants' Association had -sent a telegram to Mr Nash stating that if the potatoes on the Omana, Waipiata and Korowai were not discharged immediately the financial loss to the merchants would run into thousands of pounds. The president of the above association, Mr H. S, Clist, was reported to have stated that "it was essential that potatoes which had been stored over the winter should go into consumption quickly." Now perhaps Mr Clist will tell me and others who are curious why these potatoes were not released for consumption six or seven weeks ago when there was not a potato in the whole of Auckland until the Government imported a shipment from Tasmania. Mr Clist's answer to the ahove question should be interesting. G. BrickijEbank. Sunday Entertainments

Sir, —The discussion at the City Council on widening permits for Sunday entertainments should arouse the concern of those who desire the safeguard by the powers that be of this great national blessing. In support of Sunday picture halls being thrown open "other countries" were quoted. I presume that in "other countries" Australia was meant to be included. In a recent issue of the Australian Christian World is published a suggestion that three dance halls be opened on Sunday nights. In reply, Mr Dunstan, the Premier of Victoria, said: "There seemed to be no end to bright ideas for getting rid of the Sabbath as a day of rest and turning it into a day of entertainment. Seeing that for • six nights of the week dancers were elaborately catered for in city and suburbs there did not seem to be any reason why dance halls any more than picture shows and vaudeville should be allowed to become a continuous show, He had no desire to see the Continental Sunday introduced in Melbourne. If a limited number of dances were permitted it would not be long before all dance hall proprietors would be clamouring for the privilege." The City Council's decision to stand by its previous policy of protecting the sanctity of Sunday will be read with relief by a multitude of church and not)-churchgoers, A. S. Wilson.