Correspondence.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 1 June 1918, Page 2

Correspondence.

(To the Editor). Sir, —Thanks for your second footnote. Why didn't you tell your readers ,stra,ightout who I am, You may as well. I am sure 1 am not frightened of either you or the Kelly gang. Also, at the same time tell them why T should want to get one oil to either you or the Council. Life is too short for silly nonsense of that description, and my only object in writing was to adjust a wrong, and I am sorry you have seen fit to suggest otherwise. Your contention that the Librarian only works 43 A hours is as fallacious as that a bank clerk only works 5, because that is the hours a bank is open. It Hs on a par with your statement that because 500 ;people don't come in every week there are not 500 people to attend to, when you must know some people come in two or three times a week, and that my estimate of 500 is understating the case. As you have now lost your temper and are using abuse and innuendo for argument I will leave you to paint the Librarian's position in any rosy tint you choose, leaving the public to judge from the facts I have pladed before them. I am, etc., HIJLE BItI'TANNIA. fUeal facts seem to annoy "liule Britannia" who is quite unable to reconcile " oil duty for 12 hours a day" with 43A hours a week, or "the charring'' with a little sweeping and dusting, or even to justify his original allegation that 500 people had to be attended to weekly at the library. When he talks of abuse, lie forgets that he set the pace by charging the Council in his first- letter with "decoying other people to take the most sweated job in Xew Zealand," and by insulting users of the library. The contemptible insinuation that "liule Britannia's" identity has been disclosed, or even hinted at in any way is too ridiculous to be treated seriously. At the same time it is comforting to know that he is "not frightened" of us "or of the Kelly gang" either, who ever they may be.l (To the Editor). Sir, —After reading the correspondence regarding the salary, hours of labour, etc., of the Librarian, I have come to the conclusion that you have thrown th© full weight of your reserves in defence of the Council. Nevertheless, the fact remains that 30s per week is a sweated wage, especially for a position that calls for some literary attainment. I •should like to know if Andrew Carnegie (who was a great exponent of cheap labour) made any special conditions regtirding wages when presenting a free Library to the citizens of Levin, seeing that his spirit, is reflected by the present Council. Yours etc., C. KILLEEtf. ' [Andrew Carnegie's intrusion into the discussion, sooner or later, was only to be expected. It is rather surprising, in fact, that "liule Britannia" overlooked the chance of dragging him in somewhere. We trust, however, that Mr Killeen will read the correspondence again when he will see that the "Chronicle" has merely corrected the errors of an anonymous correspondent who did not take the trouble to verify his "facts."]