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PETROL HOURS :
Sir-I read with sympathy "Suf
ferer's" letter about the restricted sale
of petrol on holidays. I travelled 200
miles north to attend the Anzac cele
brations and I found hotels and betting
shops open, where I .could spend or
invest my few shillings to fill in the
day, but when I left for home I called
at my usual place to buy petrol, and
I was told that none had been sold
since 10 a.m.. and that I could not
have more than one gallon in case of
emergency, in which case I considered
I came under. Realising that even
then I might not be able to knock
anyone up at !1 o'clock at night and
would probably be stranded on the
road, I had to stay in town until the
following day.
If owners of service stations choose
to serve their long-distance customers
and do not have to employ men to do
so, why should foolish regulations and
restrictions be placed on them to pena
lise the man from the country, on
whom city people largely depend?
Renmark. ONE OF THE BOYS.
QUO VADIS?:
Sir-I wonder what visitors to our
city think of our trams. They appear
to be travelling everywhere but to the
city, and must be a source of con
fusion to visitors with no knowledge
of the suburbs.
From Colonel Light Gardens, for in
stance, trams are labelled "Enfield"
with no mention of the city, and simi
larly other cars always appear to be
going to a place the visitor has not
heard- of.
Henley Beach. Glenelg, and eastern
suburbs trams are clearly marked; and
it is a pity that the trust does not take
some action to explain to visitors that
other trams travel through the city.
Rose Park. HOPEFUL.
DEATH FROM STARVATION
Sir-Fifty years ago we almost ex
pected to read thrice weekly in the
newspapers a brief item about a man or
woman found dead, or seen to expire in
the street., Often the coroner's verdict
was that no food was found in the
stomach! Many were London cases.
The aged took little notice of such an
nouncements, accepting them as a mat
ter of course. The unfortunate was
usually described as "an unknown
man." As kiddies, we wondered why
such sad events happened in the richest
country the world has ever known.
These monotonous reports got on our
nerves even then.
A sign of progress is that nowadays, if
three people weekly were to collapse
from lack of food, it would raise an out
cry among the populace. One such
death yearly ought to be regarded as
too dear a price to pay for civilisation.
We are kinder now to stray cats and
dogs than we used to be to human drift
wood. Church attendance has fallen
off for several generations, but the milk
of human kindness has been .more in
evidence than ever. Rich and poor
are both beginning to make a rare noise
about any citizen going short of tucker
or clothing through no fault of his own.
Democratic and totalitarian states alike
are awakening to the absolute neces
sit" for making every individual physi
cally and mentally fit. No doubt in
many instances this is done for military
and naval reasons. But when the war
drums have ceased forever, as they
must, the ensuring of a sound mind in
a sound body for every citizen will re
main for all time a fixed policy for all
nations.
Sturt street. JOHN J. EDEN.
WAR'S HORRORS :
Sir-The sentiments expressed by the
Rev. C. C. Watts in his address to mem
bers of the Legacy Club will find an
echo in the hearts of every mother,
sister, and wife. If the Empire pos
sessed more straight-talking men like
Mr. Watts the children of future gene
rations would not be led to mass
slaughter. What honor can there be
in mowing down and gassing thousands
of defenceless women and children? If,
as Mr. Watts suggests, our returned
soldiers were to start a campaign
against war by revealing on every pos
sible occasion the stark horrors they
suffered, they would 'find that every
woman in the Commonwealth would be
solidly behind them.
Rose Park, SOLDIER'S MOTHER.
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ADELAIDE: THURSDAY, APRIL 28,
1938.
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