CORRESPONDENCE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 5, 30 January 1909, Page 6

CORRESPONDENCE.

VULLXTKKK (U!I<iINATUI!S. To the Kditm. •sir In \oiir paragraph touching on uilun'leer iecurds, y,,„ s.a.e that Xura-,,.,l-i ui'iv claim to I"' l 1"' originator „f J,,, (oluatec, move 11l ill till- Url,i.|, lanpirc. c»f o.iur-c all volunteers will l„. onh tin protul Hi u.lil pi'ltlr- 0' ~.„.,. ~, ~„. 'larauaki IMb- »■• «*■'"« .1.,-«... ..I n.f "■''»' iu uoiiin of |h. traditions "f their rncc, ioi an that ihc .Motherland owes Ihe \.limited' liiovcniclll to tile ".I'll of Dcmiii who formed a battalion in l" 1 ' war IS/,!.,in. in- the IMs-ian war. Jt wa- la Ihc. ,10-. ,1 pelsislc.lcy of the South Devon and Kxclcr Volunteer liillc, that evenliinllv wore down the amipailn oi the military authorities, until in'l.S.-.S the cause was taken lip bv Lord Kleho and the Devon entliiisi-,,-ts wciv triumphantly jiistilied. As Ihc I'Aeier cinipanv was in existence . aad could not be. 'overlooked it was A i.ilcd No. C 1 aui. etc., Win. INiSSITKIi. sH (Sninc lime Private in S.I). A; L.11.V.) KDITATU.N IKIAIIU WIT.

To the Kditor. Sir.-The Kducation Hoard's witticisms were wrongly applied when they nnlv made fun over the proposal to ask teachers to observe, Peace Day (22nd I'Vbiunrvl bv drawing the .scholars' attention, 'during 1e55,,,,'., t„ this import■uit subject. When anv matter dealing with uiilitarv drill, 'lings, ting-stall's, ~iiu-. or eacaiiipiueiit- are before then. they are as serious and attentive as possible Win, then, treat so scoflingly a proposal w'hirl M certainly tends to promote a good feeling towards other nationalities and the removal of those antipathies which are bred of ignorance? And this is n Hoard of Kducation. I fear that last word iu their,description is a mistake: C'uii you suggest one that i, more truly descriptive?—l niu, etc., AMICUS.