COURTESY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXXI, 14 September 1940, Page 8

COURTESY.

I What are we really fighting for? Cm, Hitler, who is classed with other criminals in the Tussaud's Chamber of Horrors, show us nnv points with regard to social amenities? According to I Douglas Reed's '"Disgrace Abounding." Ihe. can! However, what I would chiefly get at in the ignorance displayed, or . perhaps the absolute ignorance of con- ! vention, by the men of this town in ! their attitude towards womenfolk when travelling, particularly in trams or ferry boats. It is positively disgusting to note tho iiidilTcrcnce shown with regard | to the llrst step in chivalry oil the j trams, and truly amazing to sec the mail-power of the Xorth Shore snburlw heroically swarming all over the lmrhour boats before they berth, bagging every available, seat, while the women board per means of the legitimate gangway juml stand—frequently in the rain. As 1 a mere man, 1 suggest that if we can- , not conform to ordinary decencies, that some coercion lie tried on the. part of . the transport- companies by the introduction of by-laws which would at least force us to maintains our selfrenpect. Unfortunately, also, the fault does not lie with those who wcro once known as the "working class/' i sununiuxiTK.