HELPING SOLDIERS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 372, 5 June 1928, Page 10

HELPING SOLDIERS

Sir.— In reply to “Best Man” on the above subject. He says I am obliged to agree with him in the first paragraph of his original letter. The world (I do not know about the whole universe) was certainly given to mankind in which to labour, but not for one man to poach another man’s job. Apparently he accepts what I said in regard to English cricket coaches, also my references to the English Press and New Zealanders working in England. “Best Man” did not think it worth while to solicit sympathy through his war service, and in the next breath he starts blowing his own trumpet by asking me if I had a more dimgerous job than his—a wireless operator in the Flying Corps. Yes, I consider I had a more dangerous job. I served with the I wonder if “Best Man” knew what it was to

be up in the front line trenches for several weeks at. a time? It is quite obvious that he always had a good bunk to sleep in somewhere behind the lines, a thing which would have been considered a luxury to a man in the infantry. When he has been here a little longer he will become conversant with the fact that New Zealanders are not prejudiced against English people at all; only against those who rush into print before they have a proper knowledge of what they are talking about. It might interest “Best Man” to know that the New Zealand Natives’ Association has extended help, and is still doirg so, to new arrivals from overseas, and never, at any time has it turned down a genuine case. I wonder if “Best Man” has ever extended a helping hand to any of his own kith who may have had misfortunes since coming here? NEW ZEALANDER 111.