Answers to Correspondents

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LI, Issue 36, 3 September 1924, Page 26

Answers to Correspondents

H.J;—Your letter on the dangers of walking in Dunedin streets nowadays is too' long. We sympathise with you. A lady would be safer as the wife" of Henry VIII. than trying to dodge the motors here at present. We are carrying paving stones in our pockets to throw at ever}' cyclist and motorist who swoops down- on us and sounds no warning. Don't you try that, however, as ladies are generally bad shots. Reader. Hildebrand (Gregory VII.) was the Pope who brought Henry IV. to Canossa. He is buried at Salerno, not far from Naples. Yes, there is also a town called Canosa. It is in the south of Italy. Canossa is in the north. If you get T.W. Allies' works on the early years of Christianity you will find them satisfying and delightful. J.J.The Germans did not bombard Rheims cathedral. The Germans did not .murder priests in Belgium, but •the English did in Ireland. We held from the first that Lord Grey was the man most responsible for the Great War, and a great many writers are beginning to have the courage now to say so. The campaign of British calumny during the five years was one of the most shameful things in history. The editors of the daily papers lent themselves to it as though lying was an honorable thing. S.M.E.—Use Father Carey's book as a text. Supplement it by notes of your own. You will find Sullivan's Story of Ireland, and Magee's History of Ireland adequate. The examination papers will be sent out to all tho schools in due time. This year, in addition to medals and hooks, we will give certificates to students who pass with honors, fifty* per cent, being deemed an honors' pass.