Citizens Say —

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 212, 26 November 1927, Page 8

Citizens Say

(To the Editor.)

A PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY s A report has been published ir. Ai .-: - land in reference to a. Par 1 - a. me n tarn- : C : mini ttee in qu:ry into ahe c: r. iu tt :: EaJ Hospital adders to my adminieoration. In vie— of the evidence placed before the committee, I d: nit think that :: could have arrived at any decision other than th_.t reported- Piease permit me to point run nr—ever, that the Mental Hospitals Department had a powerful lever which v&r denied to me. They had as many witnesses as they chore to call. I had nine. I certainly had the right to call witnesses, but as some of mine were out of the Dominion and the majority e scattered throughout the province lose t inqni ' E teen prohibitive. I decided therefore th.at I could not call v.htnee-e.-.. and a - my position thus became, in the face rf the oppe-ition, hopeles.e. I practically ceased to take any real interest in the: . - It me . rr that I am satisfied that finality been reached- Time alone will test the quality of the present central adri nietration and the effectiveness of its broadcast promised reforms. It must be prepared to submit to criticism, which will be open and honest. In this the interests of the patients will of individuals relative!-.* subordinate. R. il. BEATTIE, Limter Buildings, Auckland. MR. BLOODWORTH’S REMARKS Sir. — I notice in to-nights SUN Mr. Bloodworth comments in which he voices scorn at the City Council hi tramway management. Was it not Mr Bloodworth who was instrumental in having the lav/ passed that has landed the council into being forced, to buy so much bus junk, and to run services to districts which only private enterprise could conduct with profit. It was Mr. Blood worth’;-* policy when a counc.hor that has brought about such big losses and if hi* action- had not saddled the council with the burden of buying a lot of old buses and obtaining a monopoly the corporation wo .id not be in j-uch, a precarious

Of all people. Mr. B 1 edvenh is the last person who has reason to crow at the disastrous ass the coortii is sustaining from the legacy be himself A u round their necks. HAP.OLD SCHMIDT. Mr. Eiv.lv:rth"s retov.: I thank Mr. ■ S : 1 for the ccmpiiment, but I was . r.A- ne amnrz 21 and I really don’t view ; - f -.he I ini on that if the Omnibus Act bad not been pas-ed "he tramway trti,-:. -.it wobkt re B - -- t.. a D - I . . a —Rd THE SUN. TONGA FREE CHURCH Sir.— The Church in Tongs, to which tne I’-- v. R. Oordon-Kurgsui has been a.ppointed is not. as was stated in your L, t 3tal v-'i-icu v/a= e=Vs v . iished by the late King George cf Tonga. That Church three or four years ago united with the Wesyan t reo Wer- ieyan Church. Queen Salote :s the official head of that Church. The C-lurch to which Mr. Gordon-Kirzar. has been appointed consists of those I out .tth - ur.. -r. Tne great , majority of the people of Tonga, all - ' ' •. . the royal family belong to the Free Wes - I--yan Church, which, is now associated with the Methodist Church of Aus.ng churches—schools, colleges and churches—was transferred to the Free Wesleyan Church on the consummation of union. W. A. SINCLAIR. General crecretan-u Methodist Missionary Society of X JL. BONDS OR BANDS OF EMPIRE Your correspondent “Trombone Is troubled for fear the Empire is endangered because a small band composed of Italians perform-! at Mr. Am cry's reception at KHerslie. Mas he forgotten so sotn who* Itabr hid to <id his Ernrire v. en the Empire was much in need of assistance? Does he remember the battles of I-inzo and ( '.Continued in next Column}. _

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