CORRESPONDENCE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 11957, 3 May 1902, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

(We are not responsible for the opinions expressed by correspondents. The writer's name, as a guarantee of good faith, must be enclosed in the letter.) THE PLACING OUT OF CHILDREN. (To the Editor.) Sir, — From time to time reports appear in - the Herald that neglected j children and orphans have been taken charge of by the Hospital and Charitable Aid Boi»rd and placed but with settlers. As this system has been in vogue for some years thtre must be a large "number of children thus locxted in the district. Is it the custom of the Board to send round an oiiicer periodically to visit these children and see how they are getting on in the homes where they have been placed ? If such a course id adopted no doHbt the officer wonld send in his report to the Board after each visit of inspection, but-I have never seen any . mention of such reports in your records of the Board's proceedings If the Board has not adopted such a procedure in respect to neglected children aDd orphans thus placed out it seems only right to ask the members of that body to initiate the system without delay. — I am, etc , A Believer in Inspection. SOLEVILLE. (To the Editor.) §i rj — Would it aot be wiser for the present to postpone naming that estate referred to in your columns as Soleville until the_ property has changed hands ? It could then be correctly called " Sold ville," a name which might be equally agreeable to "Meaning Well" and the gentleman who is disposing of it. — I am, etc., Rusticus. (To the Editor.) Sir, — Soleville. ia not euphonic-; Solborough is ugly ; Ballysole is like a scolding woman ; Solesby like an angular one. '1 here is W. Sole, T. fcole, E. Sole, (r. Sole, and many ether Soles. If Mr Courtney wishes to perpetuate the name of old David let him at once be original and call it Daveysole.-i!! am, etc , Mother Soul. THE EDUCATION ACT. (To the Editor). Sir, — I am surprised at Mr E. M. Smith's remarks re the above The question to him ought to be very simple. He says the people are taxed to the tune of L 500,000 for education, and in accordance with the first principles of Demo cracy should have a direct say in the management and expenditure. - " Ditto hospital and charitablo aid" and all and every antiquated hole and-corner work, and "anything to the contrary coming from Mr Smith souuds very bad. And his twaddle about want of funds, when he has the unblushing face to hold out his hand for L3OO from the public purse for trying to promote a private company at the neglect of his electors. Mr Smith's concluding remarks are on a par with another carpet-bag politician, who took great pains to lay himself bare before his electors and finished up with, " Those are my principles, gentlemen, but if you wish I can alter them." — I am, etc., Bunkum. ]