CORRESPONDENTS' VIEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 221, 17 September 1940, Page 6

CORRESPONDENTS' VIEWS.

COMPARISONS ARE ODIOUS* " US (To the Editor.) I have recently returned from 4 vyl to Australia and mwt confeaa to % fj?! ing of disgust and bewildermat. -fct our absence from New Zeah ad daughter attended an onUnatr - •- school, where she peratittedT? wear clothing of any material At a similar trpe of here she is requested to wear * comprising navy "gym." frock and few? stockings. I visited one of our wT_f drapery emporiums to learn *Htl£Z articles of clothing -were nnohtabSu S Shops in Australia are so fullyrtoSi and there » no shortage of any diSi? tion of merchandise. Then I vujiL' dark blue air force -wool, and wool department in the city to employ over 25 girls. I waa jSI I the last two skeins of th» «J2I brand of wool for which I had toiav 1/3 a skein. Similar wool of brand was 7d skein in Sydney, of wool here appear to "be "practiSr depleted and only aibout iix coloun «i _ displayed. Luscious navel oranM in 3/ a case—here they are 3d —IU~ peas wore 21b for oil and best tomatZ! 21b for 7d. Fruit and vegetaUca rf superior quality were plentiful comparatively a* cheap. The ho»#T which I stayed was a seven-roomS modern brick dwelling convenience. It was situated in "aristocratic" locality, four mhmfa from a pood tram service and a « section distance from town. Ben houses are unprocurable and rent* for houses and flats are exorbitant. Ovfaat to the fact that New Zealand Wo2t was valueless, I was unable to myself of the opportunity of from the low prevailing "priceilVo«2 the war is blamed for much, it liHTm way responsible for Mich an intolti'*- 1 - situation. EXPLANATION WANTIDI