CORRESPONDENCE.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 August 1927, Page 4

CORRESPONDENCE.

EAR KING NUISANCES. (To the Editor.) Sir, —In my wanderings through this busy town of ours, one fact impresses itself very firmly upon me. Certain motor-ear owners, who certainly should know better, apparently consider it their prerogative to park their cars to trio general inconvenience of the pedestrian public. On one occasion, 1 observed a well-known gentleman’s car drawn on to the footpath in front of his residence, with the result that any woman wheeling a peramluii'ator was compelled to retrace her footsteps for a considerable distance until she found a crossing over the deep ditch which marked the confines of the path, and then was compelled to walk the same distance back along the muddy road—just because a motor-ear owner desired to he able to step from his front gate into his ear with a minimum of inconvenience. There are. I understand, bylaws framed by the Council to cope with this nuisance, but no doubt they are seldom put into operation. On numerous occasions, I have seen ears standing at right angles to the road, completely blocking the footpath, notwithstanding the fact that the owner of the car could, by either hacking the car a distance of three yards, or by moving it forward the same distance, have left the footpath clear for those legally entitled to use it. Surely these ear-owners cannot he permitted to break the law in such an obvious manner with impunity ; more especially as a direct inconvenience is caused to people who find it necessary by force of circumstances to use their legs as their solo means of locomotion. T am. etc., MOYA.