ROSLYN-MAORI HILL TRAM SERVICE.

Evening Star, Issue 22146, 28 September 1935, Page 21

ROSLYN-MAORI HILL TRAM SERVICE.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —l notice that the tramways manager has recommended that the above electric tram system be scrapped ■'and replaced by a Diesel motor bus service. To those who regularly use the tram this recommendation conies as a bombshell, which will certainly explode with a loud noise and not a little force. Certainly the line has been allowed to drop back into a serious state of disrepair, and any old tram is considered good enough for this fine suburb; but notwithstanding all this it is more popular than the bus. The worst feature of the proposal, however, is the fact that the city is going to find it difficult to use not only its bwn electric power, but also the minimum supply it has guaranteed to buy from the Government station at Kurow, and now it proposes to discontinue to be its own customer and buy crude oil, which is a foreign product. Surely this is /bad business. Such a drastic change should not be made without full consideration being given to the wishes of the residents, who, after all, are the only customers. I feel sure that if many undisclosed factors are carefully considered, the mere £ s. d. would loom very small.—l am, etc. ’ A. McMillan. September 23. f