Citizens Say—

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 898, 15 February 1930, Page 10

Citizens Say—

(To the Editor.)

LACONIC! Sir, —• Today I dialled the telephone number of a business man in the City, and upon inquiring- for him received the reply, “Zonizoliday! ” Is this a Greek word? PUZZLED. YOUNGSTERS AND CRICKET Sir.— The action of the Auckland Cricket Association in at least one aspect of. the match against the Englishman reflects anything but credit on that body. After school hours on Tuesday, the concluding day of the match, many ardent youngsters were denied the privilege of seeing the play. Some perched themselves precariously on the iron fence; a few of the more daring ones essayed to “hop over” and run the gauntlet. Admission without payment was strictly barred. As it is from the youngsters of today that the cricketers of tomorrow will come, the policy adopted was unwise, and the parsimony displayed by the association left a feeling that in its over-keen hunt for gate money it was itself scarcely “playing cricket." “DISGUSTED.” SECONDARY EDUCATION Sir, — In your issue of Thursday a letter from “Kailioe” asks certain questions, and although a person is seldom considered seriously where the identity is not revealed, in this case I appreciate being asked the questions. I will state my opinions and would support any proposals accordingly. I stand to the compulsory State system of education, which should be free The compulsion to attend demands that it must be reasonably possible for all to be given the education to which thej, are entitled. Sufficient accommodation should be provided. At present many classes at our primary schools are overcrowded. Our secondary schools are unable to meet the need and I have been approached by parted 3 nme hlldre t n *u- ho cannot be admitted. The great thing is that the children shall be educated, and provided the Government is unable, or fails satisfactorily to accommodate the scholars then arrangements should be made with the authorities of satisfactory secondary schools to accept such number as the State is unable to ace?^i I J n 0 1 may prefer that my child shall attend the State secondarv 5ch ool: other parents may prefer a private school, in which ease the children,

for whom a private school is preferred, should be allowed to attend the school of their choice until there is satisfactory accommodation throughout the whole year for them at the State secondary school. A contract is entered into between the State and the child, wherein, provided a child passes the proficiency examination, it shall be entitled to secondary education. The child having passed, the State must play its part by providing accommodation at its secondary schools, or, failing that, by making arrangements that the child shall receive similar education elsewhere at State expense „ , W. J. JORDAN. Onehunga. WOMEN AND PEACE Sir,— Saturday's issue you published the opinions of some of our leading women on the deputation that waited upon the Naval Conference recently m the interests of Peace Mils -uull lUe ls / eported there as saying - fB t - CrUSa ? 6 ls -* ust an °ther manifestation of a world-wide movement Cl %h OWeVer ' has mlssed New Zealand. The women of this country have not yet felt the sway of what is going on overseas toward Peace ” If Miss Melville knew a little more about the question and those who are workmg for Peace, she would hardly have i? a ?rne SU thL an j ncorrec t statement. It whi U t ! mt , a la rgo number of those are lo °ked upon as our most pro--oressive women here have not taken any interest in what is going on oVlrseas toward Peace, but that does not by any means prove that the worldwide movement has missed the Do! W™°L- A New Zealand section of the Womens International League for Peace and Freedom has functioned in Auckland for the past fifteen vears forming the link between Australia that ena bles the League tv? e ?? lrc ' 6 tlle world: a section of the No More- War Movement is in active operation in Christchurch and Napier a New Zealand Branch of the Fellowship of Reconciliation is in existence hr-re, as well as the Peace Association which was founded years ago in the societies as well as the vv.C.r.U., and the Y.W c 4 ZV? re P resen ted in the Peace Cruthf®’ m ■ whlch practically all the womens societies in the British Empire co-operated, as well as the liYConnell of Women." j,'.. , a-nd the Women's Internet League - So that those of us work 1 for W3 0 take an interest in and Lf-L[ k- were represented by the bodies in Engrland Tf +l. National Council of wfmenh«re was' as enthusiastic about World Peace as it is about women police or the censorship of film posters (compara-

tively minor matters) we should possibly make more headway. We might even succeed in getting that obnoxious compulsory military training abolished and so lose the unenviable distinctior of being the only part of the British Empire w'herein it is enforced. E. GIBSON. Corresponding Sec., W.I.L.P.F. 56 St. Mary’s Road, Ponsonby. THE OVERFLOW Sir.— It was generous of the liquor trade to donate £750 to the Cancer Research Fund, but from a public health point of view', would it not have been better if it had set its own house in order first, by adopting more sanitary arrangements in the handling of its own commodity? It seems rather an anomaly that a trade which financially supports a cause for the bettering of the public health should, at the same time, adopt insanitary measures in its ow*n dealing with the public, in order to swell its profit and loss account. For instance, in at least one of the larger hotels in Auckland there is installed a machine—an arrangement of pipes and pumps—for supplying beer direct from the cellar to the customer in the bar, and by some contrivance of the machine, the overflow from the glass, as each customer is served, is caught and served up again to the next customer. Should this be allowedj Is it hygienic? Is it not a mean* of transmitting germs from one persor to another? A man suffering fron. T. 8., cancer or some other disease might have more than one drink in bar, and it is not nice to think tha • one is drinking the overflow from th* glass of such a person. Is it no. time that the Health Department wok* up to the fact that this trade is nojas clean as it. should be, and tha'drastic reforms, are necessary in th* public’s interest? S. R. HALEKingsland. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENT “Stumped.''—No name and address-"” 4 Ed., The Sun. - —-