PROBLEMS OF THE PACIFIC
Sir-In The Listener of October 8 your book notes contain qa two-sentence acknowledgment of Riptide in the Pacific, a pamphlet issued by the Auckland University College Labour Club. The aim of the club (implied, if not stated in so many words) in issuing this pamphlet is to draw attention to the serious problems of the Pacific--prob-lems of which the majority of New Zealanders are abysmally ignorant. The six articles are written by men whose status in the community demands a respectful hearing: they all have master’s degrees and they all hold appointments in our highest educational institution-the university. Two of them are former Rhodes Scholars and at least two know the Far East from first-hand observations, as well as, like the others, from study. What they have to say may not be palatable ‘to some and may be disputed by others, but it is worthy of being considered seriously.: Therefore it is regrettable that The Listener, which appears to make some effort to maintain a sense of real values, should see fit to ‘dismiss this publication with what can only be described as a cheap sneer.
ROHAN
BELL
(Grey Lynn).
(The important point surely is whether the comment was accurate or not.-Ed.) ©
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 487, 22 October 1948, Page 5
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206PROBLEMS OF THE PACIFIC New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 487, 22 October 1948, Page 5
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