ONE MAN FOR TWO FULLTIME JOBS

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22509, 17 September 1938, Page 22

ONE MAN FOR TWO FULLTIME JOBS

TO THB E&TOB OV THI PBXSS. ' Sir, —Being a reader of y'pur paper, I should like a little space in answer to a'correspondent in your columns" of September 13, signing himself "Humbug Hater." He states that "Mr Mac-' fnrlane has got absolutely no chance of ousting Mr Holland from Christ-

church North" and then goes on to call the Labour Party bombastic gasbags, financial cranks, sobbing dreamcrs etc. In answer to this gentleman, I should like to say that I, too hate humbugs, but I have more dislike for a sniper that will hide in any old tree or behind a wall and jump out and stab a man in the back. Is he ashamed of his name or the party he belongs to? I might inform "Humbug Hater that he has a rude shock coming to him in October. I should like to call his bluff as follows:—On one condition I should like to challenge VHumbug Hater" to a little. wager: If "Humbug Hater" will give his name and address to the public, through your columns, and £2 2s .irl cash. I will do likewise, and I will back Mr Macfarlane to beat Mr Holland. I will go further and give him 100 votes start, the whole of the cash to be given to any charity by you (the editor). Now come on "Humbug Hater," how about that name?— Yours, etc., • _ GEORGE E. COOKE. September 16, 1938. , TO I'iTß EDITOB OF (TIE e"vEi.- . : Sir,—When I first stated that a man cannot be in Wellington for more than half a year, and at the same time attend properly to his duties as Mayor of Christchurch, thoughtful Labourites acknowledged the fact, and remained silent. But C. Hepburn tries to answer the unanswerable. But I cannot ask you, to grant space to answer his continued careless blunders, and irrelevant statements. He has. no patience with anonymous correspondents; then why did he trouble to write? The Mayor wanting three jo~bs, Mr Hepburn says, "is a subject where only common sense can be applied." Then I am surprised that he ever came into the discussion. He wonders why someone has not informed me "that a mayor receives an honorarium, and not a salary." Yet I stated as plainly as English can put it, that Mr Macfarlane as secretary of a union receives a salary, as Mayor an honorarium, and he wants to be a member of Parliament with another honorarium. I cannot supply common sense or ability to read. No, C. Hepburn has not heard that Mr S. G. Holland has been asked to resign from the directorship of the firm he is with. The firm knows it lias got a good man and it is not willing to part with him; so he. gives it what time he can during the recess. But there is no comparison between that case and the Mayor wanting to be away from his job about seven months of the year. C. Hepburn says he "could fill sheets of foolscap with names of men who have done that kind of thing for years." Well, "truth is a jewel, it's a pity it's so rare." The electors of Christchurch North have had the experience: for three years of how well Mr Holland has done his work both in the House and out of it. He has won their confidence and appreciation, and will get the support of all who value • progressive, sane legislation for the welfare of the whole country in preference to the interest of a one-class political party.—Yours, etc. '' ONE MAN ONE JOB. September 16, 1938.