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centres
ttemselves an increase
I have just received the latest hand-out from the Association of Child
Care Centres, and note that they have voted themselves a 10 per cent-plus
rise in altchildminding fees.
For example the
weeklv fee for a
n-h'^i H O ^novt
cnila unaer / yeais
h as skyrocketed
from $8 to ,$10.
It is about time that
"customers" formed an ,
Association For Got-at
Parents;•«
Their first- investigation
would be an inquiry
into the cost and
profit structure of Port
Moresby childminding
centres.
The. most significant
factor here is that a
major, percentage are
run from Administration-owned
premises.;
This means that the
proprietor's rental and
depreciation costs are
virtually nil.
Therefore the . highest
Single expense in an
Australian childminding
'centre does not
apply here (in most
cases).
Then there is labor,
All centres that I have
observed enroloy ' a
high component of
local girls, who work
at a fraction, of Australian
pay rates. I have
yet to, hear of a girl
receiving a;recent nse
in pay, despite the
.overall rise in fees
charged by the associatibn
members.
The-next bone of
contemionris^ tnatj accordm#
to( the 1 rules
laid*; dawn- byi the
authoritarian association?
full-fees must be
paid-.... during lekve
periods;--merely to re^
serve- a 'place for the
chiia, J, .whenvhe or she>
retilrnsvfrbm holidays,
This;> means that'
eaclif 2 years, tlie
parent- has' ,- to* pay
ab out$100 f percliildf dr
the. privilege • of-;keeping.®,
place open:
I hdpe - that all parents
^ll" stongl^ resist
paying this; : a* most
vac an t< places ar er given
to casuals.''duriri§: ^tlijt't :
I estimate^ that' ah
,
average centrfevwith^50' v
children nets: about;
$300'per week i— so. why.
this latest 'self^ranted"
rise?.
parents,
^ike Like • r most easy-going
^ I ';: will" take
-thiswise'"lying idoWi^Y
But;serve : notice onthe-
association tliat;:
• should? they decide; to
put • • up fees still
further, I will seek; to^
have the matter-aire
in the House of ; Assembly
This will bring with:
^ "t
it thfe poiMlitf-bf
the costs and. profits
of association mem.
bers. :
GOT-AT PARENT,
Korobosea.
0 m
Now is the
hour for all
I crave your customary indulgence to
; permit me a few lines to publicise my
appreciation and wonderment at the
erudite letters currently appearing in
this: section of your paper.
Tbp
ine subjects
<5nhippt<? mid
ana
syntax appear academic
- and are perhaps
- influenced by
such institutions -as
the- University of
Papula :and New
Guinea, with the aid
of . more advanced
professional men
now resident in this
Territory.-
Iri days gone by I
endeavored to improve
my limited r knowledge
of the English language
by reading such
amateurish- stuff as
Monk's Essays, Goldsmith,
Lamb and later
tlie editorials ill the -
London Times, and
even Winston .< Chur--
c hill's efforts at
mcrale-- i'3-ising' war
speeches.
Such love's labor has
been lost!'
But now- one starts
translating the • Homeric
gems appearing in
your "Letters" column
and one's mind trans-
migrates
|
to
universai
the great
learning;. tdk'Socratesy
Omari:KHayy£tm and^a
neo-GbMucianism. .
To' find- • tlie: writer
corrtes from- PUk-Puk'
village via'TTfrper Sepik
or TK<? Homestead,
Hanuabada, is gratifying
What does it matter
that \at the ihp sincere cinr>prp rustic mi«H<>
wuuiu line LU Lcii Eiie
more simple inhabi-r
tant what ,he hopes for
in. the>-future, what in
justifce he thinks has
been perpettated
against his kind, or
that^he feels the road
ahead is stoney and so
all people should bend
their backs to the task
0f making it a better
place for everyone.
Ah no! In tli'at case
the puters of wordST
into ofller people's
mouths would be deprived-
of their finest
hour, which' is now,
when, such' bbdifes asthe
Administration,
the planters, the more
even-minded, represent
the apple of their W-illiam
Tell arrows and
so give the raison
d'etre for their excursions
into literature. :
—^ And to think w.^.suvu.u some of ^
these bear such' hum-'
ble addresses.
There is hope;'.'How
splendid it would be to
read a little Latin from
Lorengau smattered
with Greek from Goroka
or Sanskrit from a
Samarai village.
The ghosts of the.
great writers, past and
present, are not dead,
Only the unletteredK
like the American Bald-
Eagle, appear : to be
giving way to the
march of time and
events as the pen
proves itself to be
greater than the principle.
C; E, HOLLAND,
Rabaul.
diatli tolffi horrilies reader
I wonder if the public and politiciians are aware of thte high
death rate on the Highlands Highway between Lae and 1 Mt Hagen.
I have been here
for almost three
years and am horrified
to:, hear of
people being killed
in car accidents on
this road;
.. I personally feel that
the present • safety
^measures . ..,.<. on the - .. high-
'-way ,are insufficient to
maintain safety for its
peoplg,;.-
1
A Ainibst every day of
the tyeek we 0f the
Highlands regions hear
of car*accidenitsi: either •
a car -turning over or
.two cars colliding and
often there are ^deaths;
Tlie , victims of car
.'accidents are not only
'the Highlands people^
but people who come
from-coastal areas..
, During the- weekend
of Agricultural
Showman: incident occurred^between
a highway
. truck and 1 ' a
utility: killing two
young Tolai men and a
woman from Chuave
region who were on tile
back of the utility.
Some of the car vietims
were killed when
a car .turned over and
rolled down a .hill.
More- collisions have
happened in the past
•and . more will occur
unless action is taken
immediately;
*
i unaersiana tnac
the, country: is^ short' of :
- m®ney; labor a
equipment, but. I 'hope
that th^' authorities
will give- some-serious'
thought to this prob-
: • lem; .
The undermentioned
suggestions are offered
for consideration and
investigation:
• Widen the road to
allow cars to pass Without
colliding — especially
on narrow strips,
sharp turns and winding
sections.
• Establish police .
posts at intervals of 20 •
miles or so to carry out
checks on highway
drivers to ensure that
tliey a.re not under the
influence of alcohol '
and to be on hand ataccidents,
« Drivers should call
in at the police sta-^
tions between Lae and
m Hagen for the recording.
o,f arrival and"
departure times; If: an
accident then happens
between two stations;'
the nhlir>p.• wnnlri h'yivp'
S S l d S S
vehicles - are ol^r
ThR alsh mie-hit heln
th rontrnl dSvers who
Sde^^ tti^e
fluence of alcohol.
• & Provisional liceii^i
ces 1 ' for * new"' drivers
should :'be ; extended if
a driver does -not acquire.
his, driving Kskillawithin
nine months.
• • Any: - case of dangerous
driving and
failure to follow • theroad
safety 1 a w s
should be dealt with
severely to safeguard
against future baa
practice,
JOSEPH KOTE;
Goroka.'
Bouse
guardians
A^ combined meeting
;:ofl6cals§g»vem-
S
U
t
^
*
*
^
thi'oughttut
t h e
Bougainville*
region
• waslifeltt at^TinputZj
- ,
near sahano, early
jnonrn.
Six: local government
councillors decided - to
: collect money to make
new buildings for the
-guardians, near the
hospital. site at Arawa.
I would be- g la d -if
the- local people
. throughout' Bougaittvil,
would help to
, raise^money- for'these
n^Jbuildin^s;
d-^^^A^'^lj 0 ®.:
, tlle Hahalis Society
nearly -q»-4yuui.
'T^mr^kP
tn onn
• government councillors
for their thoughtfulness.
r.keroAi,
Nonga Hospital.
ideas
on U.S.
I have been
bothered often by
the strange ideas
abtwit • the United »
States which seem :
to be widely held in >
other countries, and
occasionally find expression
in< such:
piatces - as ybur tetu
ters to the Editor
colli nih;
I have' read lately ?
references to the' custom
of' payback ite.
Kentucky.
We caU; ft : "feuding":-
in the. U.S.; and it"!
seems to have died out?'
in
__
the: early
_
years
.
of
.
the century and was
never anywhere* near?
common as itl ;
png-.
For those: who want*
to draw such conclu^
sions it- appears that ?
in the United States^
today tlie homicide; •
rate is something; • like •
that in PNG-, if the:
figures I get are com-:
parole, which they]
probably aren't.
Of course you would !
never guess that by -
reading tile papers*.
wM6h;:inv.'tKfe>'U^:'-'give'V'
: m!* ch attention^ttt-!
crime than in PNG or>
Australia.
, The: more. spectacU4-
tlie Post-CourieV iii v
S S i ^ S d S
WILLIAM E. QtJADE,
Fremont, USA.'-
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