CORRESPONDENCE CONDENSED.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15823, 23 July 1913, Page 6

CORRESPONDENCE CONDENSED.

" Tired of It" writes that, if the position were iu>c to ocncub, .u wuuid oe limiting to waicn tne metnou o,L.y iouQ6 iiiat are jii itceo 01 repair are Qt\«u

wini. iho Jjay View rouu, hum me Day to lung judnaiu street, lias been a ventamo Huag'iii.ic ior tjomu monies pa.-?!. a wteit

u:" i»vo ago tn« aunioiitit'N .natf uoiue ol me inuu tiu uuiituin aiue oi the street—ana left it there. Consequently anyone who wishes to eioss the roau mu.it niaKe a Jengtuy cietour to do so. it it no exaggeration to say mat new metal, at icast bin ueep, is required to put into something like' .decent oraer. Some weeks ago a considera ole quantity ot metal was spread on the Andeison's Bay road along with several tows ot mud, presumably to bind it, and now the metal is crushed out of sight and the mild is everywhere. " 'i'ired of It" suggests tlnit if the_ metal had been put down without the addition of the mudthere was already plenty oi it—tile road might have been in a better condition today. It is humiliating to see ladie6 having to" negotiate the mire by walking on their heels in order to reach a tramcar. " Tired of It" further complains that, in several instances, asphalt' lootpaths have been torn up for the purpose of drain-laying, etc., and when the job has been finished the trench has i);en nlled m, that seeming to be all iliat the contractor is required to do, instead ot having to leave the lootpath in au good a ooiiu.tiou at, lie louiiu n. Uccasioualiy, moreover, u iiuw aspnalt path is laid uoivn m a street, ana ere many Weeks are over great lurrows appear in inanv places tnroiign vehicles being aiiowed to crows the neiv-.ai<t path, winch very soon is in auiiost a wonsc dtate tnan before the repairs. it is'inconceivable tliat these th.ngs can nave escaped the observation of the autliorit.es, and surely it is tune they bestirred thuiiseivus to attempt to provido a remedy. "Motner" inquires why the police do not endeavour to lind out which hotelkeeper supplies young laus witn liquor. Un Saturday night last one of the most pitiful sights possible was witnessed m Ueorge street. A you 112 man, wlio could not have been more than 18, was so hopelessly intoxicated that lie could not stanu. ana two oi li.fi mates had to take htm by the arms and lead him along. Gavin Brighton, writing in reply to Mi; A. M. Barnett on the Biblc-in-Scnoo!s question, declares that under the guise of the name of the Christ of the Bible we have lilted up various forms oi superstition and false doctrine antagonistic to the teaching of the Bible, and it is because of this wo have proof that the Bible is the revealed and inspired Word of God. We have no need to" tear because the Bible is not in our public schools. Any danger arises bemuse we have not the Bible in our hemes. Why is it not there? Because parents cf the present day were, as children, not taught the truth. The reaction eamc when they were able to test the matter for themselves bv utilising their reason. Ihe Bible, their reason, and what they had been taught would not agree, and these three must a>'ree. Now, the way to get the Bible back into the homes is to keen it out of the public school* SO that the .children may not have to suffer from the same reaction us their parents, and so that the Bible, which is the I/iv',ng Word, may be allowed to interpret itself. If it is not able to explain what is Gods purpose, then it is unworthy of the name, the Book of all Books. '