ANY MORE WHITE PAINT"

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 72, 17 December 1937, Page 13

ANY MORE WHITE PAINT"

Our Own Corre«pondent.»

Napier Comment on Waipukurau*s Parking Facilities

(From

WAIPUKURAU, Last Night. A coinprehensive scheme of white parking-lines has been carried out throughout Waipukurau recently, bufc instead of having the desired effect, it was suggested at the meeting of the Waipukurau Borough Council to-night that the mass of white lines in the main street had become somehing of a joke, oue member mentioning that he heard of a Waipukurau resident who was asked in Napier, "if they had any more white paint left down in Waipukurau." Throughout the length of the main street the roadway has been marked ofE into spaces where ,eaeh motqr-car is to park, and pedestrian crossiftgs of the grid-iron pattern at each intersection are included in the scheme. The council at its meeting to-night spent some timo in discussing the parking of ears, during which it was mentioned that Traffic-Inspector W. E. Yates had given warning that the regulations governing this matter were shortly to be enforced. "I have heard a fair amount of comment about this parknig system of ours," began Mr J. C. Windle. "Favourable or otherwise?" inquired Mr H. A. Martin. "Otherwise," replied Mr Windle. "I heard of a man who went through to Naier and was asked if they had any more white panit left down in Waipukurau." Mr Windle complained of the awkwardness experienced in stopping at the Post Office, since both sides of the road were reserved for buses. The clerk, Mr H. R. Smart, also remarked that he had received complaints from motorists wanting to stop at the Post Office to post letters or collect mail. No aetion in the matter was taken, by the council.