THE TRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2419, 26 March 1915, Page 3

THE TRAMS.

Sir,—-They say that the onlooker sees most of the game, and it is also true that the newcomer to a cit.y sees more clearly the good and bad points in the municipal services. Persons coming to Wellington from other cities in New Zealand cannot but admire the method used to clearly indicate the destination of cars—the lights at night and now the numbers by day are a very great convenience. B.ut there are two things which, 1 think, could well be altered for the better. Only yesterday 1 saw a middle-aged woman in Lambton Quay boarding a car at the middle platform, and the step was so high that she had to kneel on the step in order to get into the car. In other cities the steps are a reasonable height from the ground, so ;hat elderly people can enter cars with little difficulty. I find, too, that ladies and elderly people have difficulty in _übing the cord to stop the car. Why could not an electrio bell with pushes be placed in each car, as is done in other cities? May I take this opportunity of asking why it is that in Thorndon one has to post before 5 p.m. in order to catch the Main Trunk express? In Auckland every pillar-box is cleared at 6.15 p.m., and the branch post offices at C.30.—1 am, etc.. R.J.