ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

NZ Truth, Issue 580, 29 July 1916, Page 8

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

"Let Truth Prevail," F. R, Brown, and "R.F.": Held over. "T.WF." (Christchurch) : Once, won by Barry. They also rowed on the Zam*besl River. (Africa) and Arnst won. "F.S." (Waiwera) — The scrip of the Maraet&i Farm Lands, Ltd, was won by S. Bolton, of Pahiatua. The winning: ticket was 7G.961C. "C.G.W." (Blenheim): Jack Johnson was born at Galveston. Texas (U.SJL) on March 31, 1878, and is now m his 39th year. He was met and defeated by Willard at Havana, Cuba, on April 6, 1915, and was therefore In hia SBth year, having then turned 37. "True Friend" (Dunedin) : "Truth" and its staff have consciences, but we do not mind you accusing us of lacking them. What we do object to, and object ! to strongly, is a person who writes an almost undecipherable scrawl on both sides of a sheet of paper, encloses it m an envelope and posts 'it without affixing a stamp. Such ia what you did, and to get your letter "out of bondage" at the post office, we had to pay a whole threepence, and after reading what you had to say, wo have reached the conclusion that we "banged" a "tbxummer" for something of no value. You therefore stand reproved. "Loving Father" (Gisborne): Tour : matter was placed before the postal officials, who forward the following reply: "Letters, parcels and papers for members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force on active service abroad are regularly despatched from the Dominion to the New Zealand Military Post Office at the Base. The militiary authorities are resonaible for the distribution of the mail. If your correspondent will furnish the Sec* retary, General Post Office, Wellington, with particulars of cases m which articles have not reached the addressees, the Department will be glad to make enquiries. The rumour that has been circulated that newspapers for the Force are detained m the Dominion has no foundation on fact"

"Wager" (H.B.)— /The difference m the purchasing power of the sovereign In New South Wales as compared with New Zealand is computed to show an advantage to New, Zealand of 10% d. Twelve months ago the value In our favor was 1/2. New South Wales authorities explain that the higher cost of living m that State as compared with the Dominion, was because Australia had not only war prices but the effects of the drought to contend against. The fixing of prices for the principal necessaries of life m New South Wales has reduced this difference m the tatter's favor, and. It is said, will reduce It still further by the close of the year.