YESTERDAY'S LOTTERY SALE.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18407, 13 June 1925, Page 16

YESTERDAY'S LOTTERY SALE.

TO Tin!' EDITOB OF ''THK PfiESS." Sir,—On opening my morning paper, I read a communication of some certain people in. regard to the Cricket Art Union. It was not my' intention to come to. the city, but on reading that effusion, I yoked up my horse and drove to town and purchased 14 tickets.—Yours, etc., ; ' i - . . HARWELL. Halswcll, June 12th.

TO THE EDITOR OB "THE MESS."

Sir, —As a reader of your paper, and one' of the public, permit mo to resent the effusion signed by tho four , clergymen'under the. above heading. If the clergy of tho ;city attended to their duties as well 'and efficiently ; as the average worker and business man did, their churches would not be as empty as they are at present, nor would it be necessary to resort to catchpenny .. devibes- to • fill their churches. The impurity,' the tmhappiriess and tho sorrow tif these present days is apparently unknown to these gentry, who only want to advertise themselves- publicly. .Let' them be abbut their business: searching their own hearts for' shortcomings, for the "last shall be first and the first last,", and not always ecreeching through? the public press about others' sins.—-Yours, etc., EVE'S. GRANDSON. ' THE BANK. CORNER. TOTHB ZMTOB 0* "THE PKSS." Sir,—Colonials pride themselves, and t : :think as a rule with justification, that they are. quicker at the uptake than , tho people of the, 4 01 d Country,' yet in spite of the ever-present street traffic problems which confront us the CblTstchurch City Council 'has stoutly, resisted the adoption of street crossing refuges or islands, which are the only means by which the passage of London's crowded tlioroughrares is made possible. Surely, the experience of a crowded city of .seven millions of inhabitants should be worthy of imitation by our enlightened citizens.' Even crowded Bond street, which in some places is only about thirty feet between pavements, can spatfe room for narrow platforms whereon foot .passengers can stand in safety in the middle of the street, and effect their crossing in two bites. And the islands punctuating the streets serve other useful purposes. They divide the traffic into two distinct streams. They/ attract and concentrate foot passengers, and they might in Christchureh tend to warn people from wandering about the highways as they do without heed or thought of safety, or the convenience of the despicable motorist.

There is an impression 1 am told, that there is not . room to stand with safety between two passing trams. This. is quito erroneous. I have- tried it. I am. not sure off the precise width of .space, but it is over, four feet and ample. Trams are tied to their rails and aire safer in this respect than other vehicles. If .an island two feet six wide by about twenty feet long were placed oentirally at the bank of i>ew Zealand passage, most ,of its terrors would vanish into thin air.—Youiis. etc.' ■' ' ■ - : GEORGE GOULD. ; June 12th, 1926. TO TH» EDITOB OF "THE P*BSS." Sir,—The suggestion-to regulate the traffic entering or leaving Cathedral squaro by closing Colombo street to motor-cara and vehicles at certain periods of the day is much objected to by the busings people in tho Square and vicinity, who feel that their property valueß and_businesß would suffer should such aii "amazing, and* as they feel, quite unnecessary action be taken by the City Council. Certainly no tramcar should stop at the Bank of New Zealand or nearer the Square than Cashel street when the Square can bo negotiated in safety at all busy periods. For the lay-out of the tramway system in the Square itself, we are indebted to past bad management, but it-is. still possible .so to regulate the traffic of the tramcara that none loiter in the Square itself. If the Square were treated as a; stopping place and tramcars merely passed through, there should be no reason for the Bank of New "Zealand portion of Colombo street fo become blocked at any time. • It! is felt, that in suggesting closing "the road, to ~ motor-car traffic, the Council is attacking the problem the wrong way and that better regulation of the tramways is the true remedy. Possibly it may not be long before the tramway raifwaywillbe altogether abolished -in this city of flat roads.— Yours, etc., H. HOBDAY. June-12th,-1925.;

OPAWA DRAINAGE CONTRACT.

TO THE EDITOR Or' "THE ' FUSS." - Sir, —Might I beg a little space to answer Mr Boyle's letter. .He takes up. such a truculent attitude one- might-al-most think my shot hit'the mark. Anyway, my letters had the necessary effect. As to it "being' an imaginary grievance I trill just say that closing Unsor's road-between Ujjawn roail and the river for about three months seems to be unreasonable. ■ 1 ' ■

I hope that-the spurt so noticeable in the last two days.is maintained untill the -job is finished. —Yours, etc.,' ... . . SUBURBIA.

June 11, 1925. (This correspondence is now closed -Ed. "Tho Press.") .