OTHER PEOPLE’S IDEAS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 September 1943, Page 3

OTHER PEOPLE’S IDEAS

A REMARK RESENTED (To the Editor.) Sir,—ln the account of the discussion by the Wairarapa Hospital Board of a request that the Anzac Hall at Featherston be made available for the entertainment of soldiers on leave, as given in your paper of today’s date, the secretary of the board saw fit to make a remark with reference to “girls of Featherston” which, if correctly reported, is. keenly resented by many officers and men who have enjoyed the entertainment provided for them by the ladies of Featherston. We appreciate the fact that it is for the Hospital Board to decide whether they will grant the use of the hall or not, and that however much we regret their decision, we must bow to it. The insinuation by the secretary, however, that the hall was wanted by the “girls of Featherston” simply for their own amusement was entirely without foundation and quite uncalled for. Since his remark has been made public we, on our side, wsih to make public our gratitude for, and appreciation of, the ladies’ efforts. We know that the “girls of Featherston,” many of them already doing a full-time man’s job, have ungrudgingly given their time, work, and money in organising the Soldiers’ Club with inadequate accommodation. In this, they have been helped, supported and supervised by the prominent lady citizens of Featherston. We are all the more indebted to them in that, owing to the special nature of our duties, it is impossible to provide adequate entertainment within the camp area, nor is it possible for us to return the hospitality we have received in Featherston. In conclusion, it must, in fairness to Miss J. Donald, be pointed out that her part in the matter was that she very kindly promised to bring the request to the notice of the board on behalf of numerous officers and men who had repeatedly asked if the hall could be made available. Service regulations make it impossible for them to take more active steps in their own behalf. -I am, etc., Featherston, September 16. IS THAT SO? (To the Editor.) sil ._Will Mr B. Roberts (Labour candidate) deny that: His party definitely promised to abolish the iniquitous (their objective) sales tax, unemploy ment tax and exchange? He was so keen to distribute J. A. Lee’s literature in 1935? Jack Lee’s expulsion from the party was a shameful business? The commission which enabled some farmers to be “solvent” robbed the aged, widows, orphans and business people? The 40-hour week is a paltry war effort?—l am, etc., “A MEMORY.” Carterton, September 18. ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT “Labour but Disgusted.”— Letter much too personal and violent for publication. —Ed.