Citizens Say—

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 594, 21 February 1929, Page 8

Citizens Say —

REMUERA TRAMS Sir,- — Regarding Remuera’s “urgent” need of tramway extensions: I understand that this is one of the lucky districts likely to have its tram service extended by the new Transport Board. Yet, not so very long ago, I seem to remember reading a letter in The Sun in which the correspondent asked why so many of the passengers who had paid fares to Remuera terminus were turned out of certain trams at Remuera post office and left to walk the remainder of the journey or wait for a tram going right through. Mr. Allum’s reply to that letter was, I believe, that the Remuera tram service was not a paying one owing to there being so few through passengers! I also am under the impression that some trams are still being turned back to the city at Remuera post office. UNLUCKY DISTRICT. AN APPRECIATION Sir, I write to congratulate The Sun on the excellent stand it has taken in fearlessly opening its columns to criticism on the proposed gas chamber. Your evening contemporary took up the question only after considerable delay, while the other journal has had absolutely nothing to say on the matter. The featuring in The Sun of the report of the proposal had the effect of causing public attention to be aroused. Had there been only such obscure and inadequate reports as appeared in the other papers, the thing would have passed unnoticed. M. B. SOLJAK. MEMORIAL TO GOVERNOR HOBSON Sir, Yesterday afternoon, according to my custom when in Auckland, I paid a visit to the old Symons Street Cemetery to pay silent tribute to the men who sacrificed their lives in the Maori Wars. I snapshotted Governor Hobson's grave and determined to write a letter to one of the papers drawing attention to the condition of the grave and the difficulty of locating it, al-

(To the Editor.)

though it lies in close proximity to the Grafton Bridge. With this determination fresh in my mind I bought a Sun and on opening it found that “Old Pioneer” had got in first. Auckland is Hobson’s real memorial, for it was he that founded this city, but surely the time is rotten ripe for something more ornate that the humble and neglected tomb in Symonds Street to commemorate tile name of our first Governor! Old Pioneer’s” suggestion appeals to me. Why not reserve a space in front of the museum and remove in state the ashes of Captain Hobson to that most central site. Governor and Mrs. Hobson landed In Auckland In 1841 and proceeded to Government House led by a band consisting of one fife and one drum. What a fitting thing it would be if in 1931—for example—a solemn processipn conveyed Hobson’s remains to be reinterred beneath a monument erected In front of the that commemorates the great efforts of the N.Z.E.F., the progeny of the people over whom Hobson was the htst to rule as the -representative of the British Crown. Will some responsible party take this matter in hand? Surely it is not the function of the Ward Government to be the first to move in this.matter? If I know Aucbjana at all it will rise to th© occasion if given a sufficient and inspiring lead. _ W. B. SCOTT. Dunedin. THE COST OF SCHOOL BOOKS Sir,— I understand that there has been a revision of school text books for all schools throughout New Zealand.

It is now over two weeks since the opening of schools, and several ? ot come from the presses yet, hence both teachers and pupils considerable inconvenience, 'retarded idren ’ S education is being thL < l ertainl^, think U about time something was done to help the parents a fi? str pfjgling to give their children the education needed for them 1° headway in later years and to make good citizens of them Hoi he country all school requisites are provided hy the State. we are put to both expense and inconvenience to do the right ■ Cnntinuorl j. • _ »

thing by the children. We have th„ State Printing Office. Why not pm our own books, and so be able to control the cost and see ths.t the boob are out to time? I have made at least eight visits to the publishers and, on inquiry, hasbeen informed the books I require ar» not printed yet. Asked when they wifi be ready, they do not know, and cannot promise. Asked the price, and tho same answer is given. Some have to travel miles to hear the same thini 1 think it a shame. It is about tint the Education Department took thn question up and did something to inprove affairs. ARTHUR A. SAVAGE. THE RAPPROCHEMENT Sir, — I read in the account of Bishoc Cleary’s address on the Roman Question no noticeable reference to Mussolini, who was, after all, the author o! this treaty which gives the Pope bov- , ereignty over a certain area. But for Mussolini this treaty would never have been signed, and yet no tribute 1* paid to that great man who made ever)' effort toward reconciliation. I wa4 both surprise! and disappointed. LUIGI DEL SARTO. This letter has been referred to a m» minent member of the Roman Cathofc clergy in Auckland, who stales .hat was reference in Bishop Cleary’s senr. " to Mussolini and that reference was also made, in a morning sermon, to the pa: played by the Dictator in paving the w? toward reconciliation. In The Montr-. too, appreciative articles on Mubsoiw. woifC, and a photograph of 11 !*«*• have appeared.—Ed. The Sun. LABOUR BUREAU S As one of many who haunt J Labour Bureau in the hope of gettuemployment, I wish to draw atten ... to the lack of system shown byt-‘ department. The men are not given number when registering, as they a. in other places, and they are ■».- called up in rotation, as they Bnou be, when only a limited amotßit - work is available. In fact. T sn *L like to know what check, it kept on this department’s distnoa of work. It is freely reported, «n : am inclined to believe, that ce _ men can go along to this bureau almost any old time and get a while others beg in vain for wor*. any rate, there is nothing to P re v such things from taking place, are the men not called up by ad - tisement through the Press, instea - by the hole-and-corner methods ,■ present employed? Thanking y° u - ’ as the editor of a newspaper wn. publishes facts, whether nice or‘ a • FAIR PLAJ An emphatic contradiction statements contained in the • was given a Sun man by the omc charge of the Labour Bureau. ' stated that every man applj’lng was registered in alphabetical orc a card-index system in the allotting work preference was given to married men, after tsK ins , consideration the size of the * aTn lc- t . the period out of work. As to acn®--ing through the Press, it was qu possible when rush orders for men received. —Ed. The Sur..