PUBLIC OPINION

Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21364, 7 March 1941, Page 7

PUBLIC OPINION

As expressed by correspondent! whose letters are welcome, but for whoso views we have no responsibility. Correspondents are requested to write in ink. It i* essential that anonymous writer! enclose their proper names as a guarantee of good faith. UnleM this rule is complied with, their letters will not appear. RE-LICENSING MOTOR-CARS (To the Editor) Sir, —The point made by a correspondent to your paper the other day that motorists, in view of the petrol restrictions, tyie shortage, etc., were being stung by being asked to pay the same re-license fees as when they travelled over twice as far, is worth taking up. Automobile associations and motor | traders should take this matter up with the Government, as half the [ fee for half the running appears to ! be equitable—a word the Goveraj ment is very fond of.—l am, etc., ANOTHER MOTORIST. Hamilton, March 5. EAT MORE FRUIT (To the Editor) Sir,—Does the Government think we are all living like kings on other fellows’ subscriptions? We hear day in and day out over the Government I propaganda machine, "Eat more | fruit!” Surely the Government which 1 controls the apples, pears, oranges and the like knows that the price is exorbitant. Walk down the street and look at the prices of fruit marked up and then cast your mind back a few years before State monopolisation and compare the prices.—l am, etc., HOUSEWIFE. Hamilton, March 4. NATIONAL GOVERNMENT? (To the Editor) Sir, —There being no evidence to the contrary, it must be assumed that the Government has no intention of agreeing to Mr S. G. Holland’s offer to hold an election and then form a national government no matter what the result. There also seems to be no intention on the Government’s part to form a coalition of its own initiative. In any case it is now too late in the day. If the Government were now to propose a coalition it would be open to misunderstanding. Most people would now agree, I suggest, to the necessity of holding an election to provide new ground upon which to build a national government. Coalition could indeed be made one of the first issues at the election. Indeed, I would go so far as to say it should be made the prime issue. The Government has not agreed to the formation of a national government and yet everyone knows that most people desire one. Therefore it should be an issue at the election. I personally know of no excuse that can be found for not adopting that course. The majority must rule, and without the slightest desire to embarrass the present Government I suggest that it must give the people the opportunity to express an opinion on a matter that vitally affects New Zealand’s conduct of the war.—l am, etc., POLICY BEFORE PARTY. Hamilton, March 6.