Citizens Say

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 200, 12 November 1927, Page 8

Citizens Say

(To the Editor.)

THE TWO-MINUTES’ SILENCE Sir,— May I record my protest against the few road hogs who were guilty of an unpardonable offence yesterday? During the observance of the two minutes’ silence, a few car drivers left their engines running, and one Ford owner actually drove on before the second gun sounded. It would be interesting to know what excuses they might have for that conduct. REVERENCE. WOMEN’S WORK Sir,— I was interested at reading in your Monday’s issue an account of the Hamilton branch of the Women’s Division of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union. In it you state that headquarters have sent out five housekeepers. I would be glad if you would let your readers know that we have one "nurse and 11 housekeepers busy. Also that the headquarters are in Wanganui and Mrs. Maurice Spurdle, 26 Wicksteed Street, is the hon. secretary of the Bush Nurse and Housekeeper Auxiliary. Any applications for help must be accompanied by a retaining fee of £l. We have received many letters of appreciation from people whom we have helped in an emergency. F. SPINDLE. Wanganui. TECHNICAL TRAINING Sir,— It must have been a source of very keen pleasure to the numerous parents who were visitors at the Technical College, Wellesley Street, to see the nature of the work, as well as the different processes involved in the production of the finished articles which were being undertaken by their young “hopefuls.” It was a veritable surprise reviewing the varied activities —wood, metal, plumbing or other work —not only from the point of manual dexterity, or the scientific treatment of the subject in hand, there is nothing but the highest praise to be given to the individual instructors | who are evidently master-craftsmen of their respective callings. But what appears to a layman as most striking lis the success in imparting the requisite knowledge to the young minds which reflects the greatest of credit upon all concerned. “ANCIENT AMATEUR.” » SPAHLINGER TREATMENT Sir. — I read the remarks of Dr. J. A. Berry, of Napier, regarding Spahlinger. Without wasting space in your valuable paper, I wish to state the following facts: — The sufferer concerned was in Pukeora Sanatorium for a long period, and as he was making no progress it was decided to move him to the Cashmere Sanatorium, in which institution he received treatment from a dertain Spahlinger serum, and it was owing to the success of this small treatment, also to the sufferer’s interest and faith in Spahlinger’s treatment, that his relatives decided to send him to Spahlinger’s Clinic for special treatment, which has actually resulted in complete cure as given by Dr. Berry. I have known the said sufferer for j years, long before the war, and visited I him in his sick-room in Wellington; j also saw him off the night he left the | same port for Switzerland, and might ; mention that he was so weak that he i could hardly have walked three paces ; without assistance. [ As stated by Dr. Berry, the sufferer

has now been in Switzerland five years and is now quite cured, which I quite believe, as I have a recent photograph of the patient out in his small yacht on Lake Geneva. Just to show how doctors differ, another distinguished medical man from this country visited the same sufferer, and told him he was no better than when he left New Zealand. In conclusion, I might state that all the above information has been gained from the sufferer both by word of mouth and letter, not with the idea of Press publicity. As other sufferers might, however, be contemplating a trip to Spahlinger’s Clinic, I feel it my duty at least to let them know the exact facts I have learned, that they judge for themselves. CHUM. SMOKING IN TRAMS Sir, — I would deem it a favour if you would permit me to take advantage of your columns to draw attention to the lack of considreation shown by many women passengers on the trams in occupying seats in the smoking compartments when seats are available elsewh ere. It is by no means an uncommon sight to see the non-smoking compartment only half occupied and the smokers’ seats occupied mostly by women, who, even if addicted to the weed, do not smoke in tramcars. To women who do not smoke it should be no great hardship to leave that accommodation to the men, and the women who do, but who do not feel disposed to defy the conventions, should not adopt such a dog-in-the-manger attitude. —CHERRYWOOD. AN OVERSIGHT Sir, The one calamitous result of the Summer Time Act seems, strangely, to have gained no publicity so far. While farmers have been protesting that it is a physical impossibility for them to rise any earlier or go to bed any later, and while the other objectors have been erecting little and obscure objections, the main issue has been passed by. Has no one else realised that the hotels close an hour earlier? Sportsmen play cricket, bowls, tennis, or croquet until the light fails, as has always been their custom, and then in consternation they gaze at their watches and realise that the shutters have been up for an hour. Take my word for it, sport will go back in quality because of this serious deficiency in training. REMEMBER OLYMPIA. DIXIELAND BATHS Sir, — Congratulations, Mr. Editor, to those of your correspondents who have had the audacity to express the average Aucklander’s opinion of the City Council’s attitude toward the construction of the proposed swimming baths at Point Chevalier. The pigheaded, obstructive and dog-in-the-manger attitude of the council is something which the citizens of no other city in the Dominion would tolerate without protest. To suggest that the construction of the new baths would detrimentally affect the beach at Point Chevalier is, to anyone acquainted with the position, ridiculous. On the contrarv, the construction of the proposed ‘bath* would confer a boon on Aucklanders, ensuring the proficiency of thousands of the coming generation as swimmers, adding greatly to the attractions of

Auckland, and making Point the Mecca of swimmers, excursions and holiday-makers. Incidentally, Mr. Editor, much ment has been caused by the pu tion of the Auckland Presbytery titude towards the construction new baths. Not content with resolutions upon all manner o jects from tin hares to licensing e* lation, the Presbytery this scathingly criticised the Marine for daring to grant a P (which, as a matter of fact, the ister has not done), for the 0 f tion of the new baths in the ,j v the City Council’s opposition. •’ Mr. Editor, it is time that the Pres . tery was politely but firmly to to dabble in matters of which it nothing and in which it has no est. . . has The Hon. Minister of 3 £ arl^ s t,vstopped a broadside from the ’ a tery, and this in connection matter which it was nothing le l 0 sheer “cheek” for the Presbyt . discuss. f thi# In apologising for the length t letter, may I express the hop ' £t the risk of your coming “witiu er of the Presbytery’s guns” wall n f . you from publishing it. I ha haps better explain that this 1 . n 5. ten on behalf of 15 Auckland * 11 of us being fathers and four Scotchmen. „ rTT D. B. HAMILTON i