WAGES AT INGLEWOOD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 158, 25 June 1908, Page 4

WAGES AT INGLEWOOD.

1 To the Kditor, 1 Sir,—Your is*ue of :12nd iust. con- ( .aim the following para^nt|>h: "An 1 luglewood employer remarked on &atui- i lay that labour is becoming more pleuti* lul, and lie anticipates a tall in the rale ol wage* shortly.'' Xow, 1 am extremely rejoiced to reassure your in- 1 formant. As wages here are, and have been for some time past, down to bedrock. when we remember the necessaries ol life are Uilly i)U per cent, in excess of what they were formerly, there is nol much prospect of such a decline in the price of labour, inglewood labourers are fully aware, to quote mv Lord Dalgarno with u variation; "The sun shines elsewhere than on lngl-j----wood*'; therefore, at the slightest sign of a lower rate of wages they witl migrate, as even now other districts are paying more for work than is obtainable here and arc unable to fullil their requirements, l'ossibly this employer was merely enunciating his own hopes, Unfortunately, there are many in this world of ours who. out of the innate selfishness of their natures, detest seeing their fellow-men enjoying even a modicum of worldly prosperity. To such base creatures as these, a fall m the rate of wages, let it be ever so ruinous to men toiling to obtain a living for their families, would naturally be grati- ' fving to their despicable minds. 1 am, , &c., SL'IiKU -MELIOIIA. 1 ACCESS TO Till; BJCAUI. To the Editor. j Sir, —L would like to know who is re- i sponsible for the roadway leading to | the bench behind the Sash and l)onr j Company's timber-yard. The attention 1 of the Council has on several occasions, to my knowledge, been drawn to the fact of a possible ''wash-out" in tho said roadway sonic day. This morning, as is my usual custom, I went down foi' a dip, and found that access to the beach had during the night been cut oil' by r. big wash-out, caused, no doubt, by the surface-water from the Sash and Doot' Company's yard, 1 stood thinking for a moment whether J was to be done out of my dip. I had not long to wait- before I found a ''way down,'' because Hie very ground upon which 1 stood gave way, and down I went on to the beach in double-quick time, gathering mud on the journey. Concrete steps would be a more convenient way by which to descend, as in the former manner one is apt to look a bit of a fool, and aim think that other people are not doing their duty towards the convenience of the public. Trusting this little matter will receive attention from the proper authorities,—l am. etc., "WASHED SINCE."