THE £250 CARDSTON VOTE

New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9093, 12 July 1915, Page 4

THE £250 CARDSTON VOTE

To the Editor “N.Z. Times.” Sir, —I would like to ask through your valuable paper if it is “correct” that Professor Cardston receives .£250, besides expenses, for his services for the Queen Carnival? I think it is outrageous for any man to receive such a large sum for six or- seven weeks at the outside. There appeared in the newspapers some time back a letter from Professor Cardston to tho effect that he offered his services to the country free. It seems like it; if that is. so, now is the time for him to show his loyalty to the cause, and hand back three-quarters of bis enormous wage to the cause for which it was collected for, namely, our wounded and disabled fund, for whiob we shall require every single penny we can collect. Why. sir, it is ridiculous for such a sum to be given to any man for so short a service. Why, it is just as good to bo Master of Queen Carnival ceremonies as be Prime Minister of the Dominion, for he draws just as big a Wage in comparison. By the time all hands are paid who are connected with the Carnival staff, how much of the fund will bo left? I reckon that the public who were called upon to subscribe, and did so -whole-heartedly and liberally, should have a voice in the expenditure of their money. Why. if “all” who assisted in, making tho Carnival a success put in. a claim . like Professor Cardston’s bonus, what then? In conclusion, sir. seeing that Professor Cardsfon got his joy rides in the motor-cars and hotel expenses paid, besides bis .£250, might I make a simple suggestion to give him the lot, say, £i3,000. —X am, et °" CUI BONO?