TRAMWAY MATTERS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 195, 16 August 1907, Page 2

TRAMWAY MATTERS.

THE RUSH FOR THE CARS.

requested ■-+fe<^-inanagement--of-ther-A-tlcMand: Electric Tramways Company to meet~ them: in conference to discuss tramway matters. In reply to this the Company wrote stating that the General Manager was in Wellington, and asking for; post--E£ n^ c ? fc _ of meetij 3g-.. On the report "of 4k©- Finance-Committee the -general manager of the Tramways Company was requested to---meet -the' Committee to conference on Monday, 19th inst., at 7,30. . o'clock, .p-m. - - ~ ~

-Mr. -R. Farrell. moved that the* conference be with the Council instead "of the Finance Committee, as the matter was of great .importance, .but this was negatived;; _i_r .SZ. -~— Z .:'

The Electric Tramways Company^ ::-54tHi'tBdiKTOte:oj rrspljr to a.cffmmlinica-;

tion from the Council that the matter of .1 time-~ta_bles "involves a large amount of work, but lipped to be able to communicate further before the enjti of the month. -

- -Tiie-Traffic Inspector^-j report on a large number of complaints xe-mptormen and conductors neglecting to stop cars : to pick up intending passengers, and I making suggestions to be consideredwhen making" proposed by-law, was deferred until next meeting, when the tramway by-laws will .be submitted."l* '■ ~. Six. Bagnall referred to the "pushing and crowding .which occurred in connec-

tion with people anxious to board tram

cars. He thought that such crowding should be controlled in some manner by the police. It was a matter totally apart from overcrowding the cars; it jwas; purely a question of a rush to get on the cars, and he thought the police should exercise some control. The Mayor' said the matter would be mensi(?ned -to the authorities in Wellington.

i His Honor (Mr. Justice Itenniston) held 7 a -sitting in Chambers at, the Supreme Court this morning. Letters of 'administration were granted in the estates of the late John Coulter and the late Thomas Wyatt. On the application of M£ ThOrne, an order was made grant-

ing leave to sell the real estate in the

estate of the late William Thorn. AI•V- fr?(l of Auckland, -lately an accountant, was adjudicated a bankrupt upon the application of Messrs. Wings te and Co., Ltd. George Frederick Brimhle- — - «ombe-, an Auckland slrarebr-oker, was adjudicated a bankrupt on the petition of the Northern Estate Agency '. and Finance Company, of Auckland. Fredferick William Morrow, of One\vhero,'a " '""farmer," was ' adjudicated " a "bankrupt upon the petition of Norman Colpoys * "Cole-Baker, of Onewhero, a storekeeperMr. BLss appeared for the petitioning creditor, and Mr. Reed appeared for the :.." dibCor.V' -

~ 'Mjss"'\£.da'"lfurcutt's lecture at the Y.M.CA. last night on '"'Canada and the Canadian" was very largely attended, and was of a particularly interesting character, the speaker dealing in a clever and Instructive way wrEH" "lEe various phases of life in the Dominion. The lecture at the Choral Hall this evening •wilI J - hare" for its stfbject "Russia and its Island Prison, Saghalien."