LABOUR RULE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23504, 19 May 1938, Page 14

LABOUR RULE

TO THE EDITOB

Sir,—A " Mere Woman " has not read my letter in the way I intended her to read it. I am quite aware of the fact that a mother who runs a home does work from morning till night. I was really referring to the men on the farms. We would be only too pleased to send our repairs to a bootmaker and have them repaired. For five years now my husband and many others in my neighburohood have had to do their own repairs. "A Mere ■ Woman" is very lucky in having money to buy all she wants. I am very thankful to my good friends who give me their coats, dresses, and underclothing, and I am only too happy spending my evenings making them into clothes for my children. If "A Mere Woman" lived on a farm she would still have her children sleeping in old dresses and jerseys. If these are clean and warm there is no disgrace in that. I also referred to the general election; the local one does not concern me, but I was quite pleased with the result, and let us hope that the people of New .Zealand will do what the people of Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin, and Southland have done and that the country people will not make the mistake they made last time. I also say, "Live and let live," if one has the means to do it.—lam, etc., May 14. Another Mere Woman.