PROTRUDING HEDGES ON FOOTPATHS.

Evening Star, Issue 19784, 7 February 1928, Page 4

PROTRUDING HEDGES ON FOOTPATHS.

TO THE EDITOR, Sir, —I have, with others, tramped fairly considerably around this city of Dunedin and its suburbs, and we have been very considerably and unfavorably impressed with the large number of protruding and most unsightly hedges which arc such an abominable nuisance to pedestrians at any time, but especially on wet days, and more especially to ladies who wear line clothes and carry good umbrellas. St. Clair seems to be cursed with many of these hedges; one was lately cut back a little, after years of trespass on the public footpath I, am told, but why it was not cut back to the fence is past all comprehension. It is still contrary to the law and needs cutting back considerably yet, as the pathway is narrow, and a big telegraph pole on the kerb compels travellers to go Chinese fashion, and with parcels and umbrellas in the hands this is very amazing. Why are these inconsiderate people permitted to neglect their duties in this way? The by-laws of a city must be obeyed, not ignored and treated with contempt. Are tho officers of the City Council afraid of retaliation in a spiteful form, and are tho citizens afraid, also? In any case, these things should bo attended to, and all protruding bodges cut back to the boundary line. The residents of St. Clair arc : rooosing to make all sorts of wonderful imp: elements to their borough, and goad hmk to them; but they must first look to their footpaths and the appearance of tho streets generally.—l am, etc.,

Hedgehog

February 7,