RECENT COURT CASE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 84, 25 June 1943, Page 4

RECENT COURT CASE

Sir, —Tt is didicult to decide after muling tlic recent correspondence in your valuable paper whether Mr Plamus.' profession or his nationality is Ills biggest fault, or whether the smug virtue contained in "Wake Up Whakatane's" and "Just Just's"' letters are the result of professional [ jealousy or just sheer bigotry. If Mr Plamus ever had any doubts as to the wisdom of his choice when, in his pre-natal state he selected a couple of Slavs for parents, he may now well be excused for being proud of his birth, if—as he is entitled. to do—he falls into the error of thinking that his critics are typical Britishers and that their letters are examples of the intellect that may have, befallen him, were lie born elsewhere. "No! Mr Plamus, we are not all so unfair." It. would also appear that Mr Plamus has made the mistake of learning a profession in New Zealand which is typically New Zealand in origin. Ii am surprised, that he lias not adanccd further in his trade, consequently I intend to give him some advice. But first he must understand, that there arc subtle distinctions in our national character which are almost inaccessible to the Slav mind. In the. "Old Country" which is "Home," but not to be confused with where we live (New Zealand being a temporary abode between birth and death) these distinctions are the. difference between High Churcli and Low Church —between Blue blood and the ordinary common garden red blood—between having a butter and having a bottle of beer, between readi'ng the social! gossi'p columnami looking at the funny cartoon, or between reading the financial Editor or hunting for the latest racing tips. Which last reminds me that I set. out to offer Mr Plamus some advice on how to climb the ladder of success in liis profession. Well here it is.

Firstly, give yourself a hyphenated name, such as Mr Hamilton-Pla-mus or Mr Cave-Plamus. Tin's will prove you are descended from William the. Conqueror, which is an asset. The fact that Doisey, a famous American Anthropologist has claimed that it is Mathematically and Biologically certain that all living Britishers have a touch of the conqueror's blood (through cross fertilisation) need not worry ypu as most people are ignorant of the fact. Having become hyphenated, you next become a member of the Auckland Stock Exchange. In these hallowed surroundings 3-011 may prac- I lise. your profession in a way which will make you respected, and strange though it may seem, whereas formerly some looked down on you, these same will now look up to you I Personally I neither like nor dislike like you, never having met you but 1 believe 3-011 are liberal, lin fact anyone who is prepared to pay £20 to charity for a chance to look at the face of the person who signed himself "Wake Up Whakatane" is not only liberal but very very courageous. As it is unlikely that your ofl'er will be accepted and as therefore two deserving causes will thereby suffer I am prepared to meet, j-ou in person providing you give £10 to the Hospital and £10 to the R.S.A. Yours etc., THALES.

Sir,—lt is with great interest I have perused the letters in your issue with reference to a recent court case, in which one of our most respected citizens., and one of the most honourable men in our town, has come in for a lot of unjust criticism by some of our nosey parkers. Or is it. envy they have for a man of mature years who 1 venture to suggest would be one of the first to have enlisted and gone overseas, as he comes from good, old fighting stock of Yugoslavia who have made such a stubborn resistance and will again be with the United Nations in the final llutter. We arc blessed in New Zealand

with having the finest police forces in the world to protect and look alter its citizens, and if is lacking L think we can safely leave it in their hands. I known Mr Plamus for a number ofT* years and could enumerate numerous acts of kindness which he has generously bestowed on others, but he is not a man, who advertises his good points but attends to his own business and I think it would b© fitting if others did the same, and then we would be a prosperous and unselfish community, the envy of the whole world. Yours etc., JUSTICE.