PUBLIC OPINION.

Waikato Times, Volume 108, Issue 18103, 21 August 1930, Page 9

PUBLIC OPINION.

As expressed by correspondents, whose letters are welcome, but for whose views we have no responsibility. Correspondents must write in ink. INDIAN AFFAIRS. (To the Editor.) Sir,—l have read several letters in your columns on the above subject. The writer seems to think that our statesmen have no brains; that far from being anxious to assist India to enter into a fuller measure of independence and self-government they are permitting prejudice and fear to sway their actions. I do not think that view justified in the light of what has already been conceded, and the setting up of the Simon Commission itself must be taken as evidence of the Government’s desire to avoid delay. In view of the state of the country, and the avidity with which the multitude follow tiie counsel of such men as Gandhi and Patel, it would be a tragedy for Britain to leave masses of I the people to their fate. Specious reasoning and aspersions on the motives of our national leaders in columns of newspaper print may have an appeal for the thoughtless theorist, but he who looks stern facts in the face will rightly judge their merit and

refuse to be influenced thereby.—l am, etc., SANITY. DAYLIGHT SAVING. (To the Editor.) Sir,—l note the farmers arc up in arms against the proposal to extend daylight saving, though it has been mooted in order to ensure them a guaranteed supply of power during the flush of the milking season. Personally I am not enamoured of daylight saving—l like to order my movements by Greenwich time—but in view of the tragedy of Arapuni and the more than probability that the rationing of power for milking plants will be a difficult problem for the Power Board during the summer months I think the farmers are not very wise in thwarting efforts to assist them.—l am, etc., COMMON SENSE. THE WITCH OF ENDOR. (To the Editor.) Sir,—As the old lady is still practising, and .will continue to practise, in spile of any Government, why not keep the money in the country and make it a public institution, like they do in Australia, Tasmania, India and England? Make it for five figures, raise the price of tickets to seven and six, and have monthly consultations. It would pay the Government handsomely to put a little more metal on the road to Endor.—l am, etc., W.L.C.