QUERIES AND QUANDARIES

NZ Truth, Issue 943, 22 December 1923, Page 6

QUERIES AND QUANDARIES

"Truth" Would Like To Know — la it true that an application has been lodged with the Registrar of IndUßtrial Unions for the registration of the rules of the Protected Santa Claus Industrial Trades Union :i of Workers? Why it should have been necessary to mention the religion of an applicant for a. recently- filled position on a public body m Dunedin? Why the by-law requiring owners of low-lying sections to fill them m, is not enforced on some property holders m the Dunedin suburbs of St. Kilda and. Musselburgh? There 'should be no differentiation* m these matters. Why the Dunedin City Council persistently refuses a commission of inquiry covering the working pf the tramway's and the condition of the rolling stock? , The public have a right to know whether or not the persistent rumors aro without foundation. Whether it is. true that by way of penalties for evasion of taxation Hn- : „V posed ona' Dunedin estate the Government coffers have been enriched to f the of £12,000? 7 Whether the pickpocket so success- ; .fully working Wellington hotel bars ; Just now will do extra well during the festive season?Why the Poweni-that-Be don't seek the aid of "Spearmint" m settling tho race problem? Does the attitude of the wheatgrowers mean that we shall soon be dependent on outside sources for our dally bread? What is wrong with the Government's estimate ot a two million bushel aurplus supply of wheat? The chairman of the Wheat Board announces that there is a surplus of half a million bushels. Whether it is fair to expect Medical Superintendents of Hospitals to possess the qualifications of civil engineers, architects, and sanitary experts? : Whether It wouldn't pay the country ' to have at its disposal a fully-qualified hospital constructional engineer, so that medical and surgical officials m charge of hospitals would havo more time to concentrate on tlie profession In which they have been trained? Will dear old William have to pay duty on that plum pudding that was presented to him m London to bring back to New Zealand? The Union Jack decoration should make it exempt. But if it's loaded! Whether lt wllf be necessary to mention bananas or beer to put peoplein a good humor at Christmas time? Why squabbles between school teachers and school committees are | becoming so prevalent? Whether lt ia advisable for local ministers to watch very closely and want to know the why and wherefore of the doings of teachers and headmasters? Whether the Hawkes Bay Education Board wasn't unwise to entertain an anonymous (us far as thosfl attacked at* concerned) attack on the staff of, the Havelock North School? Whether tho Government will have, courage enough to see out the bluff of W. D. Lysnar, M.P.? Whether the Massey Party is prepared to back up Minister Nosworthy*s declaration that the Government Is prepared to go out of offico with dignity and with honor rather than hold otfice through bowing to the dictates of one or two private members? Is W. D. Lyanar M.P. for Gisborne or Bluff? Why wasn't the amende honorable made to the Mobaka publican when a police constable's complaint against him, which waa commented upon and published, waa subsequently found by a higher official to have been unfounded? Whether citizens generally approve of the Introduction of class government In the control of clvlo affairs? It's a poor look-out for the city if they do. Is there anything more anti-demo-cratic than Bolshevik rule? ' Why, If the Day's Bay water supply Is not considered pure, tho authorities do not tako steps to prevent contamination? An ounce of prevention is better than a ton of cure. Isn't it possible for a staff relay system to bo devised to enable tho city's main milk depot to remain open between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m.? Whether Minister Nosworthy's plain talk to the Lysnar interests at Glsborno wasn't tho best thing ho has ever done? Waa he strengthened by his knowledge that the Government .could get along without the Lysnar vote? Should sentiment causo us to buy fragile milk bottles from England? Can't we make better bottles m Now Zealand? Whether tho Rosoneath lift is built or not, has not someone taken a pretty good rlso out of the City Council? Whether the success of Hataitai m scoring centurios for the Radium Fund is duo to Hataital's possession of an excellent Batt? How many moro Chriatmaseß Parson Fielden Taylor will have to wait before that stately Mission pllo of buildings (now on paper) is reared m Taranaki Street? Not many, "Truth" hopos. Whether Minister Nosworthy did not Just about hit the nail on the head when he told tho Poverty Bay FnrmorH' Union that New Zealand farmers will not be nblo to boot out trusts until tholr own finances are m order? It needs money to talk to money. What the American bituminous road people said when the City Council accepted Its own tender for bltumlnising the Hutt Road, against the private tenders? Why does tho bushy coiino to town for Christina*, and tho towny go to the bunli? Ih It part of human nature's eternal cusaedness?