THE GUNS ON THE RESERVES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22807, 17 February 1936, Page 7

THE GUNS ON THE RESERVES

TO THE EDITOR Sir, —In this morning’s Daily Times “ Western Front ” adopts a round-about way of telling Mr Sell to mind his own business. I would like to remind him that Dunedin is the capital city of Otago, and its councillors should represent the whole of the province. Therefore Mr Sell or any other member of the province is quite justified in his criticism of the attitude of the members of the council in regard to those obsolete gnus. Mr Sell is to be commended for the able manner in which ho put the matter before the public, and I am sure he will receive the support of n very large majority of citizens and settlers throughout Otago. To be consistent, the peace-at-nny-price party, whose loyalty to the British throne is extremely doubtful, should also agitate to have a large portion of the relics placed in the museum destroyed as they might also engender warlike desires in the minds of our youthful community. To judge from the cable news in to-dny’s paper the city councillors will soon have their time fully occupied in doing something worth -while instead of listening to a minority of womanish men who would rather see our little country fall into the hands of a vindictive enemy than would raise a hand to defend it.—l am, etc., Sky-Bom mer. February 14. TO THE EDITOR Sir, —I sec that some anonymous correspondent has had the impertinence to tell Mr H. A. Sell (inferentially) to mind his own business, as he is not a Dunedin resident. Mr Sell has a much better right to express an opinion than most Dunedin residents, because he wa* in volunteer uniform in 1914, when war was declared, and saw it out four long years, leaving wife and family in London. If these misguided agitators would devote their surplus energy and their spare time to the real nee'ds of the country it would be much better for themselves and everybody else. Suppose, for instance, they were to concentrate on essentials such as the crying need for a greater population and a measure of real defence instead of dissipating energy in breaking butterflies. —I am, etc., Ivon A. Borxon. Palmerston, February 15.