SHAVING PAPER

New Zealand Listener, Volume 10, Issue 251, 14 April 1944, Page 5

SHAVING PAPER

Sir-I crave your indulgence in reopening this subject at this late date, but our mail service down here is indifferent and I have just seen the letters to which I am now replying. One correspondent, who hides himself under the nom de plume of "Grateful George," accuses me, among other things, of being rude, dogmatic, and witless. His moderation surprises me indeed. All of these things I may be, but I certainly know what I want. When I subscribed to The Listener, it was with the general idea of having a handy and comprehensive guide to the radio programmes, not, as "George" so cuttingly writes, to read about the future of the German nation, the Russian people, or even the vital meat rationing which seems to arouse so much emotion in "George’s" manly bosom. "J.S." caps this tirade of "George" with these illuminating remarks: "It (The Listener) is a most stimulating magazine." Exactly. As a magazine it may be or may not be stimulating; but as a radio record it certainly does not stimulate me;.on the contrary, it makes me, as "George" so charmingly puts it, yawn. If your correspondent, and this goes for "J.S." too, wishes to read about Germany, Russia, and so on, I can put him in touch with at least half-a-dozen magazines or weeklies dealing exclusively and competently with these subjects. ; Would you, Sir, be kind enough to publish this in its entirety so that the "Grateful Georges" and "J.S.," whose name, by the way, seems to be legion, may not accuse me of even worse things than being rude, dogmatic, | and heathenish. f

L. A.

DOYLE

(Jackson’s Bay).

(Owing to transport difficulties Mr. Doyle had the misfortune to be criticised without the power to reply. We gladly therefore give him the opportunity to reply now. For others the correspondence remains closed.-Ed.)