NEW ZEALAND TO-DAY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26842, 5 August 1948, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND TO-DAY

Sir,—Some people never like to see themselves as others see them, and Mr A. Caldwell is no exception. Had Mr Caldwell known Dr Comrie s background he would not have been so hasty- in scoffing at Dr Comrie’s criticism of the lack of service for travellers in New Zealand today and the indolence which is a marked feature in the character of a very large percentage of the people of New Zealand to-day, whose ideal is mob rule and somethAsg a f Zealanders and New Zealand’s lack of service to tourists Dr Comrie is competent to judge, as he was born in New Zealand and lost a leg whilst a member of the Ist N.Z.E.F. in the Great War, which surely gives him the right to criticise the actions of people for whose security and future prosperity he paid such a heavy price. His fame as a mathematician is world wide, and being widely travelled, he is in a position to judge tourist facilities in this country and compare them with elsewhere. t With Dr Comrie’s observations, members of the public who have travelled outside New Zealand will wholeheartedly agree.—l am, etc., Douglas C. Berry.