LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 30, 29 October 1921, Page 8

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

THE HUTT-PETONE GAS DISPUTE Sir —In reference to the Hutt-Petone gas dispute, it appears to me, as a M ellington resident, that in this parochial squabble the larger issues of and economy in gas manufacture for the whole of the Wellington district are being lost sight Of. It is obvious that with such commodities as coal eras and its by-products targe scale production cheapens manufacturing cost, and u> England and elsewhere the policy of cel - tralisation for the sake of economy in ••as manufacture is being vigorously carried out. The smaller works are rapidly amalgamating amongst themselves or ioinin" un with larger undertakingsWe are told that the Wellington Gas Company are erecting a large new plant which will practically double their present output. With the excellent facilities for landing and handling coal nr. Miramar, as compared with Hutt and Pctone, the larger works should lie in a position to supply gas ip tho whole district at a figure with which small isolated works cannot hope to compete. A large centralised output should result in cheaper gas for us all. Have the experts considered this broader view of the much-discussed question?—l am, 1 k ’ WELLING TON lAN. THE GRAVE OF COLONEL WAKEFIELD Sir,—l wandered yesterday in the coursa of a lazy afternoon through the Sydney Street cemetery. It was no doubt vei-y culuable ignorance on my part, but I, X unaware that Colonel Wakefield, to whom Wellington -owes, so to say its very self, was buried in that place. It did not seem to me, on making- my unexpected discovery, that the graie was cared for as it ought to be It is in a rather obscure corner, and there are ne'dectcd paths about it, and the tablet recording the Colonel’s service in various countries is split across. I suggest that the position of the grave should be indicated at the cemetery gates, and that the approaches should be bettered and that the split tablet—a rather rude tiling for the grave of so gi’fat a serpent of the Dominion—should be replaced, lam, etc., ’ J- JChristchurch, October thFliguori case Sir,—While your brief outline of the verdict in the Liguori cas? in this morning’s issue is technically correct perhaps vou will be so good as to add the ■araplificatory details which will set out the verdict in its true aspect. three cvestions were submitted to the jury: 1 1. : Did th? defendant take all necessary precautions before acting?—Answer: Did the defendant believe the evidence imon which he issued the warrant for Miss Liguori’s arrest---Answer: No. 3. Was the defendant actuated by malice?—Answer: No. Laymen all over Australia have l>cen profoundly puzzled to know how any .jurv could 'bring in such a verdict on points 1 and 2—especially 2-and yet acauit on No. 3. Alost probably there will Im nn equally large number in New Zealand. —I am, etc., A.A.B. Wellington. October - 28. 1921.