CORRESPONDENCE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 13, 10 July 1911, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE

DR. BAIIXARDO'S HOMES. To the Editor. Sir, —I read in your columns, with much interest, the letter signed "A Working Man," and his tono towards, and interest in, this worthy cause are greatly to be admired and commended. I hope he will not weary in his welldoing, in spite of the indifference shown by Bome whose sympathy he has solicited . I am a collector myself for the Homeß, and, in most cases, meet with a ready and generous response, but, on the other hand, [ have met with abrupt refusals where I should never have expected them, and from people whose incomes are double and treble ray own. I cannot Understand people who have seen the frightful, dire poverty that exists in the Old Land refusing their mite to a noble institution which meets and I deals so ably with this distress." To' compare the condition of the English l poor and those of our blessed land of New Zealand, where no one dies from want of food, ought to be quite stimulus ( jmough to one's generosity when Only <in'e : shil 1 |rig ki<l l!! ''"■'l : * l: :jim glad to notice, hbwev«r,.!that visit of the boys to New Zealand each year has shown a handsome increase in th» amount sent from here raised by the shilling subscription fund, and in other directions, by,small garden parties, sales and bazaars, or drawing-room sales. This is sure proof that the interest in the cause is widening. New Plymouth's efforts are greatly appreciated and suitably acknowledged from the London headquarters. In the Coronation number of the magazine, "Day and Night," there is a special paragraph commenting <* tke efforts of this town in this direction, and speaking in grateful and laudatory termß of the help sent. Special mention of the shilling-a-head plan I is,made, by which very often very member, of a household will subscribe a shilling. Other sympathisers are qxhort ( ed to follow New Plymouth's go6d lead in •this way. I hav<? sent the magazine away to an interested friend, otherwise I wopld copy the paragraph inquestion. I hope and believe that there will be still a handsome increase in this yeafsi donations, and also that "A Working Man" will not relax in his past efforts for this good cause.—l am, etc., ANOTHER COLLECTOR. '

THE PEA-RIFLE NUISANCE. To the Editor. Sir,—ln coming in by the 'bus this morning, I was pleased to see our energetic constable stationed at Strandon have in his possession one oi those devilish pea-rides. ] [lank parents are very much to blame for allowing Children to have such weapons in their possession. If they cannot control them, the sooner "tliev are sent to an industrial school the hotter for them and for the community. I know a lady, who resides in Fitzroy, who was sewing on her hack verandah, when ping went a bullet past her shoulder. What would have been the consequences if she had-been struck in some vital part. I have been informed they will kill at two hundred yards. Some drastic ' measures ought to be taken Against anv parent who allows sneh weapons on their premises.—l am. etc.. RESIDENT.,' New PVmouth, .Tuly 8.