CORRESPONDENCE.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 November 1922, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE EASTER ISLAND STONE IMAGES. (To the Editor.) Sir, —I have read with interest the article concerning Easter Island, appearing in your paper, and also a criticism on the same by Professor IVragge delving deeply into the —ologies. As our learned professor from the conclusion of his letter is evidently looking for criticism, I shall endeavor to fulfil his expectations, and so I purpose to tilt with the lance of common sense against the erudition of the —ologies as embodied in Mr. IVragge, and should one or other of us bite the dust, in Mr. Wraggc’s own words, "It does not matter a decimal of a scrap.” The professor mentions many causes rendering the origin of the gtone images at Easter Island obscure, but draws no conclusions and leads us nowhere. He cites the fact of coal being found in Polar regions as a proof that the Poles during their formation were.not where they are now. I contend that the first coal measures wore formed at the Poles because the Poles Would be the first regions of the earth to become cool enough for animal and vegetable growth. Ages afterwards, conditions at the temperate regions would he suitable for their formation; and. last of all, those coal measures found in equatorial regions would be formed. No doubt a study of geological strata and formations would prove this theory correct, viz., that there was a gradual extension or migration of coal forming forests from the Poles towards the Equator. The fact that coal Is found in Polar regions is no proof that those regions were net always Polar regions, but: rather that they were comparatively stable at least since these coal measures were formed. The flattening at the Poles and the slight bulging at the Equator, formed when the earth was In a plastic state, by its rotation, and consolidated by the hardening of the earth’s crust has created an unalterable equilibrium of the position of the Poles, so that no alteration of their position could have been possible alter the formation of the coal measures. 1 am, etc,, ED. O. EWART. Pukengahu. November T2. A DISCLAIMER. (.To the Editor.) Sir. —I appear to he obtaining credit for being the author of a letter which appeared in yeur Wednesday’s issue, signed ‘ Interested,’’ Okato. 1 wish to say that It is against my principles to publish letters without my signature. I am proud to state that my character is beyond the reach of mud-slingers.—l am, T. E. LARKING. Okato, November 10. (Published by Arrangement.)