THE CITY TRAMWAYS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 29, 4 February 1913, Page 11

THE CITY TRAMWAYS

to tub BDwoa. .; - Sir, — It is really high time that radi* cal stsps wei's taken to compel the tramways management to mentt their v/siys. Civil i;pqnest« through the newspapers aiul sii^geetions in leaderettes have no ofl'ect. the "Same Old gamo" still goes on. LIIO dOßtination boards are more un>ttuthfitl than the well-known Scriptural uhtititctur. "Kilbirrtio" still appears on the notioe boaid, when the cttl' has a small disc, whioh is dunistantly not Keen, with the, I'jf.tel 1 H on it, denoting Hataitai to' {hose who know. But whab about strangers? To-day, an elderly lady, a stranger, and having two heavy parcels, got into ft Courtanay-place car, having the Kilbiinie head board, and was dumped down at Hataitai, and had to Walk to the end of Charles-street. I call tliut a I monstr'nis thing. If the' uotice kiv-vd

at present having Kilbirnie on it, when the car only goes to Sataitai, is not at once changed to Hataitai only. I and Others will forthwith take the .necessary steps to have a writ of mandamus issued to compel the council to have the correct destination put up. , , Let the City Solicitor advise- the City Council, and so save the ratepayers' money.— l am, etc., , MAKDAMUS. Wellington, 30th January.