THE CHILD ALLOWANCE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26746, 15 April 1948, Page 8

THE CHILD ALLOWANCE

Sir,—Regarding the above, nearly all those who complain are people who are too mean or selfish to have children. Mothers are entitled to the benefit, Labour or otherwise.—l am, etc., Mother of Nine. Sir, —Your correspondent “ Fair Play ” comments, in effect, that where incomes are ample the child allowance should be diverted to the old people who put New Zealand on the map in the first place—a very commendable suggestion. Edmund Burke said, however: “ Men are not qualified to look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors.” I am, therefore, just a little sceptical as to the percentage of the rising generation that will qualify in the art of looking forward to posterity.—l am, etc.. Nod’s Own Country. Sir, —I always knew we had some thick heads on the Labour side, but I did not think there was any as stupid as ” Fair Play.” We on the other side: have to pay our taxes the same as they do. What about a bit more for the wounded soldier as well as the old-age pensioner? I would like to remind “ Fair Play ” that had the soldiers the same thoughts as our great Labour Government no one would have been getting a pension. Would “ Fair Play ” look up Labour’s election promises since 1935 and then write and tell me if they had kept their promises? To .my mind, any person who makes statements at elections and then turns around and does the opposite is a “ traitor,” and all traitors should be put up against the wall . and shot.—l ’ am, etc., Use Your Brains. Sir,—Will " Fair- Play ” tell us where this family benefit comes from, or where the defeated M.P.’s pensions come from, and also why an ex-overseas soldier should have to pay. for his own treatment for legitimate affliction received in action? Evidently “ Fair Play ” is ignorant of the channels through which the Government gets the money, so let me state that, as was the case In 1840, so happens to be the case to-day—viz., the workers pay the bulk of taxation, notwithstanding the fact that we mugs put into power a workers’ party. “Fair Play” should let common sense occupy some place of respect when making his (efforts to stimulate the prestige of a party sliding to Its doom.—l am, etc., D. Coutts.