CLOSING A PUBLIC STREET

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 31 July 1929, Page 8

CLOSING A PUBLIC STREET

(To the Editor) Sir,—lf the City Council has the power to close one road, it has equal power to close any road. That being so. why not close Waimea .road? • Opposite to the College is Collegellloused and thr hoys are almost' constantly-•■darting-ncross the road. A car on which the writer happened to lie riding yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock narrowly missed one of these youths, but he was ,-igilu n'tu'l liis long legs no doubt saved him. The point is: Ngatilama street has been ,i public street ever since Nelson has been laid off. It is the pleasante'st of walks. particularly in the summer months, and its quietness and its oldworldly air arc enjoyed by many. None of us I I'eel .sure, wants to stand in the way either ,ol' the College, \ f \ which we arc justly proud, or its governors, but right is 'right. Would that road be closed at the behest of any other person or party? Certainly not, except -;:-•!: person or party had "pul'l !" Can iorporufion such .-,-; fbc Nelson. City Council, of its own swoe! will, close a public road? .) was distinctly under Hie impression 'hat. so serious a- matter in■■■olvitig the rights of the. people was usually regulated by an Act, of Parliament. Councillor Movnagh is to he congratulated -a, the : ('and' that lie has taken, i am. etc., "NELSONIAN." Nelson, 301 h Jtilv.