Citizens Say

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 3, 25 March 1927, Page 8

Citizens Say

NEW ZEALAND FIRST Sir, — It is with feelings of great faction that anyone who isl oT S ?*' New Zealand and the British will look upon the fine display,?'' 1 on exhibit at the industrial i our city. Such ideals are worthy of a a*. ? try like this and should be fcstwS even more, and hence one CT*' help a wave of deep disgust com over them when they stand at i? entrance to the fair and see . did myself yesterday, one o ’| ‘ city trams brazenly advertising c? man goods. It certainly is an to those who have suffered for t' British Empire’s cause and to tv who gave their all for its pr« tion. We rightly hear much gkZ . British preference and ‘ New 7? land Goods First,” yet our r? fathers allow this sort of thins, go on. Trade with Germany Sf L?' inevitable, but why add insnhT injury? SOUTHERN CROSS, “AN UNHOLY MESS” Sir, — ‘‘An unholy mess,” in the words u one of your correspondents, W{ r describes the present state of dairy produce marketing. Contw by the Government or its board 1 right and proper within reasonatfc limits. But, when it trespasses njor the rights of private property h? arrogating to itself certain inalfe able prerogatives of ownership,it comes sheer Bolshevism. if A Government through its board s«t to obtain rights of control, which u» justly inseparable from ownersiulet It purchase the goods tci thereby obtain a right to contrc them. Nobody objects to co-open-tion and amalgamation of primary producers, but dictatorial and tyr®. nical methods, which savour of tie Night Riders of Kentucky, no just, minded and liberty-loving people may tolerate. The Dairy Control Board has given offence to dealers and consumers by its abortive attempt to control what it did not own, and has thus forfeited the goodwill of our best customers. The way out of the unholy mess is to revoke the unjust powers now yested In the board; and, by extending re ciprocal tariff to all nations, to create new markets for our produce. (Sympathetic preferences must always remain). Let us give other nations a lead in the right direct!® ADVANCE NEW ZEALAND CRUEL SPORTS Sir, — One may be pardoned for askmg the above question when one reads of the setting up of an organisation to oppose cruel sports, and which issues a magazine entitled “Cruel Sports.” At first glance one is inclined to regard such a move u somewhat hysterical and unbalanced: but a deeper inquiry establishes evidence fully warranting the propaganda. For Instance, the paper refers to the experience of a sportsman of over 40 years who was suddenly converted into a sports reformer. It is stated that he oace saw a red stag bayed by a pack of j hounds, the poor creature being for | twenty minutes in great terror, all the while uttering sounds of extreme fear. Even worse, one reads of the still existing custom of "blooding.” This is surely a relic of barbarism, the practice being to smear with the blood of the first “kill” any young boy sportsman present. One reads of an otter hunt and the subsequent cutting off of the animal's pads and smearing a boy's forehead and cheeks with the creature's blood. It is almost impossible to believe that such a practice is so strong in the Homeland as to warrant the formation of a society to prohibit such barbarity. And yet our fair land is not entirely free as is evidenced by the custom to blit swordfish with a live kahsvst I? Surely such a custom merits stem repression. One cannot imaghe |‘ such callous treatment of any errata re as fostering noble sentiments | of pity, not to mention love. Tie j subject of “sport” generally net* £ the light of a higher code of justice and honour than satisfied our forefathers. I trust every parent aid teacher will put in the full weight of their influence for kindness o( heart without which we are truly uncivilised. COUNTRY TEACHER. FOREIGN TRADE Sir, — I! Your correspondent, C.H.N.,” E nothing else is somewhat rude to his phraseology in referring to all as “standing on their heads" who fortunately do not see eye to eye s, with him regarding his remarkable views directly bearing on our general development and prosperity. Whilst desiring to avoid personalities I cannot refrain from suggesting that as “C.H.N.” camouflages himself behind an obscure nom de plume his tactics some what resemble those of the ostrich so In this case we are “all standing on our heads.” Really rather amusing, though awkard for manyC.H.N.” as far as newspaper correspondence is concerned is no , stranger to me. I must at least congratulate him for his persistent though futile, effort in endeavouring to convince an intelligent public. Your correspondent’s views are nothing more or less than theorem cal, and crumble to atoms under unacid test applicable to whether wc clouded and ambiguous propaganda is directly in the interests of tn Empire as a whole. I strongly support sparing ® effort in attracting tourists from overseas, “American millionaire included,” but this phase of u» actual question under debate merely a side issue in compan® to the existing balance of trade Between the Dominion and As an open advocate of tr*” within the Empire, I would Uk® ask “C.H.N.” one direct quest'™ and in his reply I particularly quest him to give his answer cwj | eisely, based on concrete facts anw , not statements clouded with the® £• The following is my <l ueßl ie which I think is explicit:— l® . interests of the Empire would K be beneficial for all | support industries within th e pire, in preference to supporting dustries of countries who created a tariff wall against our products, thus making the nature of reciprocal trade POSSiWe? THOMAS A. FRA** r