The 10 p.m. Waterfront Siren

Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 291, 7 September 1942, Page 4

The 10 p.m. Waterfront Siren

Sir, —As a patient in one o£ the three private hospitals in the north .end of the city, I seek your sympathie aid in attempting to eliminate, or at least subdue, the siren which every night at 10 o clock on the waterfront abruptly awakens many sufferers to whom sleep means healing ot their frayed nerves. . I do not know the purpose ot the hideous noise, but it. sounds as though some unfeeling authority desires toi waken the dead iu a city cemetery of M elhngton’s pioneers, or to indicate to a Japanese raider the whereabouts of an industrial centre. In any case the din is stridently stupid. One finds it difficult to believe that the signal is intended to end a late work shift or begin an all-night one on the water- ■ front. If, by any chance, such a blast is 'required to drag wntersiders or other workers away from toil or to start more overtime war effort, possible even the most disturbed patients in nearby hospitals might agree to waive protest and appreciatively try to repair jangled nerves and shattered sleep. Meanwhile, “pipe down, bo’sun, pipe down !”> —I am, etc., WAKEFUL. Wellington, September 5.