The Coronation Ceremony.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 114, 29 November 1915, Page 2

The Coronation Ceremony.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—l cannot allow the article you published in the "Times" of Friday last to pass without come defence on behalf of the Ladi s of Fukekoha who worked so hard to help make a success of the Coronation Day, and who, however much you may think the organisers were to blamp, should certainly have escaped the publicity of your scathing pen. As regards the organisers, I certainly think that the explanation you gave at the conclusion of the artirle should have been sufficient to have induced yuu to have very considerably curtailed the ctiticism levelled at their management. The ladies of Pukekohe certainly should not be blamed tor running short of provisions when you take into consideration the fact that they were depending on promises made to them from the ladies of Waiuku and Tuakau and surrounding districts not only to bring cakes but also to assist in the tent The only response to these promises was one cake and not a siul to assist. The ladies ot Pukekohe were to provide sandwiches and tea, and to show how they did their duty they had 100 loaves and a box of butter over! At the last moment they had to make provision for the supply ot cakes. As regards tha children, the ladies were not asked to provide for 300 children, nor could it have been expected that they should be fed at the committee's erpense. The parents or teachers should have looked after them or Ht any rate have given them the means to get their meals. This is a time when everyone must pay in addition to working. Even tha ladies in the tent paid for admi sion and for their meals. If the surrounding district" had intimated their inability to help supply refreshments, 1 am convinced the ladies of Pukekohe would easily have been able to cater for the wants of everyone.—l am, etc., A. B. BARTEK.