A DECENT HAWKER.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18576, 26 September 1928, Page 11

A DECENT HAWKER.

To the Editor. Dear Sir,—l am a hawker, and an old stager at that. I was a member of the Expeditionary Force in the late war. I do not trade on the returned soldiers’ badge as a lot do. I always maintain that a real soldier will never lower himself at people’s doors telling them “how we won the war." That’s not a soldier’s principle, and the man who does, well, if he does happen to wear the R.S.A. badge, he should discard it. and not drag it in the mud. It’s too honourable to be pointed at by correspondents. I am with “ Annoyed ” that hawkers should wear badges, to show* that they are registered. There are scores of hawkers of both sexes who do not know what it is to have a license, and it’s these people who get the regular hawkers a bad name. I was glad “ Annoyed,” in his letter, put “ hawkers and others." I maintain that these others—canvassers—are the real nuisance. They don't take “No” for an answer. They will push themselves in the house to show their wares, and yet need*no license.—l am, etc., TWENTY YEARS A lIAWKER.