Citizens Say —

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 429, 10 August 1928, Page 8

Citizens Say

(To the Editor.)

CHILDREN AND SUNSHINE Sir, To-day Aucklanders are asked to give to their pockets 7 limit to a fund for a “sunshine school," which has the approval of the medical men. They stress the importance of sunlight for health. This school will serve at the most a few score of children, while all the other thousands will be kept in dismal schools for an extra hour this summer, because purblind farmers have raised some futile objection to the Summer Time Act. What a pity our half-crowns could not be used to bring about daylight saving. SUNSHINE-FOR-ALL. “ARGUS” AGAIN Sir, — I. and several of my friends, have waited in vain for Mr. K. W. Liddle to make good his promises to reproduce the remarkable tests presented by “Argus” at the Prince Edward Theatre. To the public it would seem that his assertions were unfounded. It is to bo hoped that Mr. Liddle, who apparently is an expert amateur conjurer, will confine himself to his own sphere in the future and refrain from casting aspersions on those who are not only remarkable mind readers but distinct assets to the progress of science. At any rate, “Argus,” who is morally and spiritually above deceit, distinctly proved his performance genuine. FAIR PLAY. SPEED! Sir, — The delay which has occurred over the baths loans and the futile assertion of the town clerk that everything possible has been done to expedite the placing of the loans before the ratepayers, would be amusing if the posi-

tion was not so serious. The history of the proceedings as outlined in the Watch Tower in The Sun was no doubt an eye-opener to readers. We knew that there had been numerous discussions, but the cold facts indicate an appalling position. Yet I have heard city councillors deride suggestions that the city would be better governed by, say, three paid commissioners. We have our own opinions, and the more we see of the doings of the city council, and its squabbling and strawsplitting, the less time we have for this august body of 21, plus extras and minions. CUT AND COME AGAIN. POOR MOTORIST Sir, — I suppose the correspondence columns are as much a medium of complaint and criticism as anything, and I crave space to howl for a moment on the subject of motor regulations. I notice that most of the cars in the city now carry red rear reflectors. Why, I cannot discover. Apparently the Government has jumped another claim and opened up a new ground for prosecutions. First we have to have a red light and then a reflector. The light very seldom reflects. Personally I have never seen one show any return for the light spent upon it. Then 1 see that the new regulations don’t seem to have solved either the pillion-riding question or the speed question, or, for that matter, half a dozen others. In fact, the Government seems to pay its hundreds of thousands in salaries every' month to people who are supposed to be efficient, and these people spend years in getting out regulations which could well be simplicity itself, but are actually so involved and plastered with “ifs” and “w'heresoevers” that even the officers themselves cannot give an intelligent explanation of why they came about, and w'hat they achieve. W HIREAKEWE.