CORRESPONDENCE.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18233, 18 November 1924, Page 13

CORRESPONDENCE.

AN APPEAL. w «rroE 0? "TJOS P&ESS. 5 ' *A TSt ZDITO* v* ■ \hv I bring before the notice ■/ttTp üblic the case of an old lady, vbty years of age, who cannot through a magnifying-glass, ¥ inman acousticon, an improved » ild would help her to hear ? There earpl h«' B omc who have no farther use *** l* things and would be only too ' ,#r them where wanted. She *i.S a useful life, and now in her has • is without means to procure herself. —Yours, etc., gjyt&inS s. E. MAUDE. >'ovemhcr 14th-

-0 BBIDGE OF REMEMBRANCE, j TO re* IPIIOB OF "THE PEES.'i." j «,-! should like to know who is re- , sible for tho asymmetrical lighting 7L Memorial Bridge. I see no artis- ; Z f ff ec t produced by this, though pur- ; Lfol asymmetry in such things of j often practised for expressly this j In'fact, I think it strikes a I fJStorW discordant note in the whole ; Sffitlerwise so perfect in its har- ■ and I only ask any citizen to , "Sit in order to bear mo otit._ It had the standard light g jSced on the other (south) side ! ■ !*fj&- where the outer balcony light ' f/ar detached from the arch, and shed* , SB£rS« on ifc If tho was J Silse the lighting as a whole as ' Wrom a distance on the east bide, ; ££& net even do that, and were bare|&ed if so, since the bridge itself ftfhe wntre, and as it now stands the Lft Bide is brightly illumined while J MUth side is thrown into almost thc ejTect is notice- ' Prince the standard light has been aide ornamental. Let us at the same earnestly pray that the time will ./mie' when all the unsightly network of rftii rrill be committed to the deep. all know the cost now to the Council to effect this alteration, bnt anyone "u think it were a new idea to place «jn!s underground. Why did they ever Snnlate overhead! We have sometog yet to learn from our American 5* in the art of combining beauty 2th town-planning. Who can but dele the spoiling of the effect got by Ui»2 down one of our long streets—mfhM Gloucester street from Rolleston «Mue-so beautifu l with its greenery ittkis timeVof the year; poles at varyL alleles,. bnt outdone by tho multituof ways in which it is ; found posaiblo to arrange wires.—Tours, etc> ' ENQUIRER. FAT CATTLE. •to VOL XWTOB OT "THE PM3B," Sir— Friday's groat Show showed hw far the bottom has fallen out of tha raising of fat cattle in Canterbury -trhen Henderson, Mcßeath, ClarkKin,, Garforth, Ferguson, Birdling, and others in years gono by could produce a full yarding of fat bullocks, in which ftore was not only competition for Quality, but also for weight, for which litter test an expensive weighing machine w#s installed, whereby tho heavy beasts could lb© proved to the last halfoutt». With the well-known rattle men in competition the fat cattle yard m one of tlio most attractive features of tbo Show. The records kept be6HD6 world-wide, and prime New Zea- .. land beef held a little more than second Saw, bnt what should be said of the on Friday? "Was there a car--1 ttwitprth putting into a shop or ft&itig for export? Why is it so? h tho A. and P. giving up cattlo busi,Ka?' Are the breeders lagging; bekindf What Are the meat export companies doing about it? It has been iterance that more than once the Sooety has allowed the fat bullock to fcihown in a shabby tent, where the jolfe had to pay an extra shilling on : the entrance at tho gate, and the bullock owner or owners gathered in £25 | to £3O- of profit. The other fat cattle i peflto ieera to have parted a memo. » weir hats. A special commission till hare to enquire, otherwise at the Wit Royal Show a notice will go up: Tat cattle yards closed for good and «U.—Yours, etc., ;r TRIPE AND ONIONS.