THE HOME RULE QUESTION.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 August 1916, Page 6

THE HOME RULE QUESTION.

To the Editor. Sir,—'"Patriot" asks if lie has read ray letter correctly. No, lie has not. Let him drop into the Stratford State school, and read it again with a third standard boy. He mig-ht also ask the hoy's help in'interpreting the report of the Commission, now sitting in Dublin. I per«£iy« tliat "Pfttwt" « °»e nf those

spurious patriots who think that patriotism is good for England only, and not for Ireland at all.—l am, etc., P. J. POWER. P.S.—As I shall be in Wellington all this week, 1 will ask my friends to excuse any delay in my replies to their iellcrs.-PJ.P. AX AXXOYANCE TO VISITORS To the Editor. Sir—l write to request you to make public, an annoyance that visitors to yoiu- town complain very bitterly about, especially those who mu, . *tav in flu. vicinity of tiie Pest Office. I '• ..,;'.. to the Post Office clock beiiu ....-.-.•.ni to chime every quarter o. ..'.. . ;: , : •. ail through the night. The peo:.'.- i,: Xew Plymouth, I feel sure, will acc-ui no second place in extending a friendly welcome to visitors to their town, and 1 believe it is only necc sary to have this trouble ventilated to have the chiming arrangements stopped at, say, 11 ji.m" and started again at G or fl.ttb a.m. To the temporary resident in the vicinity of the Post Ollice. sleep becomes a difficult proposition, and especially the travelling public find their comfort Rnd convenience considerably interfered with, and this, T understand, is the legal meaning of the word "nuisance." I trust you will, by publishing this letter, enable the chiming to cease and peace to reign once more during the night hours.—l am etc., ERXEST C. ALDERSON. P.S.—The people of Wanganui have considerately stopped their «W„k from chiming during the night.