CORRESPONDENCE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18917, 21 January 1924, Page 4

CORRESPONDENCE

“TOO MANY D D STATISTICS’'' (To the Editor). Sir, —In the report of the Inst meeting of the Wanganui branch of the • Farmers’ Union, it was stated that a [remit had been sent down to headquarters requesting the Department t<» obtain and publish agricultural and pastoral statistics on a much more ex tensive scale. All I can say is that it strong language wore permitted in n letter of this kind I would insist. think most farmers will agree with that there are already too manv <1 statistics which have to be made up, without adding to them. It may be very nice to suggest that tho scope of a department should be extended, but I 1 would point out that all this costs money, which have got to conic out of the taxes. Farmers who try to attend to their business have quite enough to do without having to waste time on additional statistics.—l am, etc. G. F. MOORE. THE JURY LIST. (To The Editor). Sir, —Can you enlighten your read era on what system those responsible tor the compilation of the above list work. I take it that every male per son over twenty-one years of age possessed of average common sense and brains is eligible to serve. Of these there must be some thousands in the district, yet as many jurors arc only too painfully aware and thousands of your renders cannot havo failed to notice it is invariably th» ume ones who arc called upon over and over again to serve. Particularly is it noticeable that the business men s>f the town are repeatedly called, to the neglect of their businesses. Admitted it is one’s duty to serve, why not treat all alike and let others do their bit? The writer has been on the list the last three years in succession and suffers much inconvenience when in attendance, while hundreds of -others eligible have never served in their lives. Should one > claim exemption he is looked upon by the judge as a shirker and is usually turned down. A claimant’s good and sufficient reason appears but trivial to His Honour, naturally. Hoping a revision will be made which will give those who have never served f chance, and the others a rest.—l air etc., A MANY TIMES JUROR