Citizens Say—

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 16, 9 April 1927, Page 8

Citizens Say —

To the Editor. IRELAND’S GOVERNOR-GENERAL It is pleasing to note that advancing years have not as yet dulled the keen edge of Irish wit which charmed so many of his colleagues and which earned for "Tim Healy,” GovernorGeneral of the Irish Free State, the reputation of being a brilliant son of Erin. At the annual dinner of the Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, where he was the honoured guest, Mr. Heal;, said: ’’lt is a source of pride to mo to see so many members of this grea t profession present from North and South Ireland. In medicine and surgery there is no North or South, and I do not know of an East or West. But anyway it is a special pleasure for me to think that in the persons of those present latitude and longtitude should be abolished.” CLAN-CON AL. “ADDITIONAL BEQUESTS” Sir, — I was interested to read in one of the local papers yesterday that "Two additional bequests” by the will of the late Sir Henry Brett are announced. The recipients are the Roman Catholic Orphanage, Takapuna, £IOO. and the Sisters of the Poor, Ponsonby. £50.” If that is so, why was it that no mention was made of these bequests when the contents of the will were first made. SHAMROCK. A reference to the will, which is filed at the Supreme Court, shows that these bequests were never made by the testator.—Ed. THE SUN. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE? Sir, — Would you kindly insert this lettei in your valuable paper in the interest of the public. There is a drain-pipe from a building that is being used near my business premises. The drainage from that pipe is a menace to the drinking water that I use from a well a few feet away from the drain-pipe’s outlet. I have spoken of and shown the menace to the town* clferk, pointed it out to the owner of the building, to three members of the town board, the town board chairman, a building inspector, and tin* village constable. I rang up the health officer and was told he was on furlough. I gave particulars and stated the urgency of my case. So far nothing has been done. So, sir, if this is published in your valuable paper, someone might wake up and be responsible. JOHN GEORGE HOWIE. Howick. TRAMS V. BUSES Sir, — In reply to “Also a Ratepayer’s” letter in THE SUN, it is quite possible that the towns suggested by him in America are those towns where the trams .belong to the councils. I was in Melbourne quite recently, and from information I gathered the motor-buses were giving every satisfaction. Also, I would point out that the streets in Melbourne are very wide, and conse- i quently the trams do not cause aiiv congestion of traffic. It is quite possible our correspondent has not had the opportunity of visiting the places referred to, otherwise he would not make a comparison between the streets of our city and Melbourne. He says they are scrapping the cable trams. I don’t wonder at that. He does not suggest they are scrapping the motorbus. No, my friend, the motor-bus fills that need where the trams fail. I have seen the motor-buses in Charing Cross, London, deal with more traffic in one hour than the Auckland city trams deal with in one day. So long as we have trams we shall require safety zones, thus making more congestion in streets and less space for the motor-car. I contend we shall require very few safety zones if we have motor-buses, picking up and setting down passengers at the side of the street. I agree that safety zones are a boon to elderly people, but these are used very little for people crossing the street, but used for tram passengers. RATEPAYER No. 1. A BUSINESS QUESTION Sir, — Now that farmers’ affairs are being discussed, perhaps the following detailed returns from six fat cows shipped to England may be of interest. The first of four documents expresses pleasure at handing over a cheque for £ 4 3s 4d, and is dated last February. No. 2 is a statement finalising the transaction. No. 3 is the account sales of eight fore and eight hind-quarters of prime, and four fore and four hind second quality cow beef, amounting to £32 18s lid, less London charges and commission, £5 10s 7d, interest on freight, 6s Bd, and local commission, 2s 9d, leaving £26 18s lid. The last document gives the expenses account on this side:

So that we get a total receipt for six cows of £33 19s 9d, of which £5 10s 7d went in English expenses and £24 5s lOd in New Zealand expenses, leaving £4 3s 4d toward the cost of rearing and fattening the stock —little more than went in commission and insurance. This is not an extreme case; debit notes are not unknown. I should like to ask your business readers how long they think this sort of thing will last? A. E. ROBINSON. Provincial Secretary, N.Z. Farmers’ Union, Auckland. EVOLUTION Sir^ — Unless I disclose my name, your correspondent, Reuben E. Dowle, refuses to name even one out of his imposing galaxy of scientific anti-evolutionists. This is the merest pretext to cover the fact that he cannot, for he does not scruple to criticise the remainder of my letter. This discussion is entirely impersonal, it is not affected in anyway by the identity of either of us, and the facts given in my' letter are commonplaces of science. To clear the ground, however, Mr. Dowle may, with your permission, Sir, learn my name

from the editorial department of THE SUN. I cannot publish my name, because under existing economic conditions I would soon as a result join th« ranks of the unemployed. To acctpthe conclusions of some scientists, ai)>* reject the opinions of others equal*: great, I agree with Mr. Dowle, WOU» be credulous and partisan, but agju 11 -; his deliberate attempt thus to wide cleavage of opinion on the truu of evolution in the scientific worldwould say, in the unchallenged wore jf Joseph McCabe, that there is n and has not been for more than - years, a single authority on the sudjl in the world, who has any doubt ! the truth of evolution.” Ido not for the columns of names Mr. is so diffident of publishing; my ® est request was for three living 01 . gists of distinction. Whatever •• methods of controversy, a conu»u - avoidance of this point will b® * « ficient indictment of them. ? vVnere living biologists “fooltßhly** '* dence of the unfolding procei nitevolution, Mr. Dowle sees only » u , of design, though what design, why different organisms no: built up on the same say. Can he explain on that pr _ the deliberate manufacture of BJJ QQfi cies from existing “immutable by botanical experts, or the ext j of vestigial structures and orga -< which more than a hundredha v . found in the human body'.' no useful function, and are aowe^ m positively harmful. Yet similar ; tures in lower forms of developed, and serve a useful P What explanation can he offer fact that fossil forms of life ar gressively simpler v. t h i ncrea j*Lt»in the earth’s strata? Human ■ logy, so far from having no HL">f j support evolution, noints to “that the life history of the iw* , is an epitome of the life history race.” How other can v« e exp # facts that man begins his a cell of jelly-like plasm, com^y to the simplest unicellular such as the amoebra; that tw* into a cluster of cohering sembling simple eolony-<*d folds and curves until it o jtg ir-worm-like body; develops gill sl “ : corresponding blood vessels, e eS ' lc*wly forms 01 fishes: the n to jm:-' tremities bud out. and grow m , ; - until finallj', after a clearly o eJO erf-[ stage, the definite human tor “; ionS . T‘ from the series of transform o- 1 stigmatise the overwhelming toevidence in favour- of which I have but touched by t as “foolish” and “absurd means to dispose of it. (

To slaughtering:, freezing, bagging and shipping, 24qrs., £ s. d. £ s. d. 2S701b., at 7s 8d .. 10 9 3 Bill of lading Meat Control Board 0 0 9 levy 0 1 0 Salting 6 hides . . Marine insurance 0 18 0 (£50) Stock insurance, 6 0 18 0 cows at Is Freight, 2S701b. at 7s 0 6 0 8d, less "h per cent. Storage 28701b. at 9 13 6 2-16d 1 9 11 Allowances— 23 16 5 971b. fat, at . . 5 cows’ tongues and 0 12 1 tails, at is 6d . . 0 7 6 1 odd tongue .. .. 0 1 3 Balance 1 0 10 22 15 7