Citizens Say—

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 962, 3 May 1930, Page 10

Citizens Say —

(To the Editor.)

WHICH OF THREE? Sir, ' The following: extract is taken from re PP A. Cooke, secretary of tho New Zealand Workers’ Union The report appeared in last week’s ‘‘New Zealand Worker”: “Tho United Government, since lT C £ IT t¥- th ® r T reasur y benches (so fa? as Public Works employees are concerned) lias consistently pursued a starvation policy; and every man who has suffered under United administration is looking forward to the day to see their tyrannical reign ended.” let, sir, the so-called Labour Party is supporting this same United Govern merit How can the workers supP rt v, e L th + * r them? We should be to U iS;form “ We COUld set disgusted worker THE RUGBY TESTS Sir,—All followers of Rugby will be interested m the subject brought up in your article on the venue of test matches with the British Rugby team. Tour article states that improvements which the Board ?*, Control is carrying out at Eden Park will, unfortunately, not be ready in time for the British visit. Is not this, however, the case with everv so-called improvement made at Eden j-ark? It is never there when wanted Ihe fact is that Auckland Rugby is -imply saddled with this ground and is carrying- it along for the benefit vS tho ISoard of Control and the cricketers th^ Sl i y haS Paid throu Sh the nose for wm P r° Ven \ ents effected there, and will continue to pay for them ns IorJS ? f S nJ h f e Auckland Rugby Union is content to be unenterprising What other Rugby Union in the country would tolerate a position by which it is unable* iisfs V whn a h°f ticket ? to tresh enthusl.ists who happen along? Eden Park for the V sL,m a S ° od Rugby ground lor the simple reason that it is ri,oi ll naV and B ] JCh a la y-° u t puts the bulk ! n a the"™ 8 reflected neid. Prom nowhere else can suer a tors secure an intimnto _ T . spec . ta " Eden Park. The h fa S cT a th« thereT | appp ? l ° be a Springs cannot be raised as an ohw non except as a mere quibble. grammar old boy. When this letter was referred to the

“KEEP TO THE ISSUE” S with-the publication Of his latest letter, note a peculiar fact Tlip uiscuGbion has been upon the meansiS of Rationalism, yet though I dealt in by n the < w l -!'i upon V le definition adopted ‘.L. association in The Sun of the «*9th, Mr. Scott ignores my main fssu“ me deserts the huest'ion at of mv faiif" unsupported expression my tailure be exempted), and exP ? nd ® hls whole effort upon an aside at the close of my letter. My main ?ton , with an officialdom" refnted- and remains unmy. clos “S sentence with my personal opinion of the extent of the know-able. He considers that I contradict my definition when postulating that all that exists is potentially know-able (to human beings). If we consider the evidence of the wideadvaaces already made in h ao .'V edg o and pay due regard to the ” S T e ? eCt of the adjective “potentially, 1 do not think my opinion can be pronounced unreasonable. lam quite open to conviction on the quesawuv f, Ba ‘ thls - looks p ke runnfng J , the Point at issue, and I i. l . l)e pleased if your correspondent htter to iv at leaSt ,)art «f hls “ext emssion the princlpal matter of disA.E.C. lAN HAY APPEALS Sir,— Only one form of memorial seems possible for Sir Alfred Fripp whole life can bo summed up ln the Mngie lovely phrase, “All sick person! and young children.” Therefore memory besblltTs £ xv,o‘°, P, n PPtuate that life’s Parish, children camSVS™ CltT S° S o e ( a b that all “ho fl Ww hU £ governors of L ? m . anne r as the 5£ Indeed, during h'lg m ? re - The trustees of the fund will be

Lord Lonsdale, G.C.V.0., Wilfrid Goi* frey, Esq., and myself. Subscript*#* may be sent to. and will be grratrfaflT acknowledged bv, the honorary tary. The “Sir ’ Alfred Fripp” Manorial Fund. 145 Cheapsidc. E.CJ. Tb** may be large or small, like the P««F; whom he befriended. Two chara£t e: ’ istic donations have already- been re* ceived by us—a cheque for from those truly practical pists, The Frothblowers, and a ®- ra * se d by farthings amon? children of a county council school one of the poorest districts of The total sum subscribed will handed intact to the governors of GnP Hospital, with which Sir Alfred closely associated as a student. sur?«* and governor for over 40 years, to * devoted by them to one or more of & projects mentioned above. London, W. 1., March 21, 1930.

traffic control Sir,— • It is with more than usual inter**; that I read your article with to the traffic problem in New York * 5 compared with that of Auckland CW; There is no doubt about it, the tr*p_ problem* in Auckland City is the authorities quite a lot of conc*v” Well, I sav no wonder. I visited land for the Easter races, and in your city I paid attention to of the traffic officers traffic, or to put it more attempting to regulate it. In stance® they gave no correct w ith the result that the drivers of. tram-cars and motor-cars were Q •*. at a loss to understand them- I, occurred at the intersection of and Wellesley Streets and also at intersection of Queen and Cnstc-j Streets. In both instances, hM not been for the prompt action di'ivers concerned a serious would have occurred. lam my opinion, which is based upon years’ experience as a traffic the Glasgow city police. Trusting* wili publish this letter for the tion of the authorities concern®®* they may take steps to have traffic officers properly instruct this most important matterWhangarei.