Citizens Say-

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 213, 28 November 1927, Page 8

Citizens Say-

(To the Editor.)

OFFENDING THE IRISH Sir, — I am an Irishman, and I saw nothing offensive in “The Callahans and the Murphys” when the film was shown here. The Irishmen of Brunswick must have very tender skins. Let us in future not be humorous —and let us leave out the Jew and the Scot and the Chinaman if we are not to portray a humorous Irishman. THE LOUR ONE. DEARER SHOES Sir, Your Look-out Man thinks shoes have been reasonably cheap and that we have nothing to complain about in the increase threatened. How many children does he have to buy shoes for? Leather goes up a few pence a pound and we are called on to pay several shillings more for a pair of shoes. That’s the way with it all. Any excuse to more from the public. SHOELESS. “BIG BEN’S” REPRIMAND Sir, — “Big Ben’s” tale of his reprimand to the lady who polluted the wrappingpaper is belated—if not an afterthought. I still hold, and am backed by all hygienists, that all bread should be wrapped in dust-proof packets. It would not increase the price of bread, or it ought not. Your correspondent’s common sense should tell him that I cannot approve of the use of old newspapers for wrapping foodstuffs when I advocate sanitary packets. “LITTLE BILL.” FREE TRAM RIDES Sir.— In your issue of Saturday’s date appears a letter from one “Ratepayer” on the subject of free rides in our trams. I may state that it is not many weeks since an almost identically worded letter appeared in one of the other daily papers, only in that case the unfortunate member of the unemployed paid 2d to travel from the Reservoir to Pitt Street (he also being on his way to the relief offices). Either your correspondent is the same person who wrote the previous letter or he must have plagiarised. Personally, were I in the unhappy position of having to go for rations for my family I should most assuredly not pay twopence for what is at most a ten minutes’ walk. Regarding the man who “travelled on the nod”;, how did “Ratepayer

know that he was a council employee and not a detective or plain-clothes policeman travelling on a pass paid for by the Police Department? “Ratepayer” also asserts that “everybody else should be compelled to pay his fare” . . . which, of course, includes our unfortunate brothers who returned from the war as either “spinies” or “limbies.” As a free tramway pass is almost the only privilege enjoyed by these cases (apart from their pensions, of course), I really think nur City Council deserve a word of praise rather than censure for their generosity. Trusting you are able to find room in your valuable paper for this, and that “Ratepayer” will learn not to be quite so narrow-minded. J. C. STEWART. THE MAIN NORTH ROAD Sir, — I note there is £IOO,OOO on the estimates for main highways. I am concerned with the main highway to the North, via Orewa. When is this road to be put in proper order? The drive from Milford is one of the finest of its kind in the world, and hundreds of motorists are barred from its enjoyment by the state of the road. I know of no more wonderful marine view than that'to be obtained on this route. Why aren’t the authorities getting on with the job of finishing this short cut to Whangarei. MILFORD. WASTE Sir,— Mr. Allum while stating that the tramway management expenses were being kept nearly at a constant level despite the increase of business, significantly kept silent about running expenses. From the following it will be the >* can be reduced. About 5.20 p.m. on several occasions I have noticed that within a few minutes or each other four cars reach the Remuera Post Office, where the great majority of passengers alight. Although one tram could easily carry the remaining passengers to the ‘ terminus three of the four trams actually go on to the terminus, thus wasting power and wages and causing unnecessary wear and tear. By an intelligent use of minimum three section cars this waste could be eliminated without inconvenience,' for the frequency of the service would not be affected as the cars all leave the post office within, at the most, three minutes. This wastage and its remedy are so obvious that one can only imagine how much less obvious wastage occurs. If we may judge by the necessity of ab the nennv spr-tion *

wasteful conditions occur on routes, and, in all, hundreds of po^ must be lost in running empty over the last sections and l»acK a? WEAR ANT) TEAR Shown the above letter, A. C. Allum said: “There> » port minutes' service to tne to Office and an eight minutes sarw* the terminus. This makes a xo utes- service to the Post This is the service which is wax* by the average traffic of t**® c w though, on occasion, it may ■ a PKrTL hgf more or less than is re '.'-‘L. 1 been many requests that ad rnvitt run though to the terminus. a four-minute service over die the route, b,:t present traffic does warrant this.''—Ed. THE SUN. NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS “Wager,” Rotorua. —No. * i comic papers we have never * snake that places its tail in 1 and rolls along hoop-wise. weV er, prepared to accept rulings, n - nt . from men who have a wider a .2; a!1 \re ance with performing snaies possess. The whiting, now. quently seen with its tail m J 1 ** —Vf —but that, of course, is placed in* an aesthetic chef. —Ed THE » * vo ur “Mephisto.”—Why not . t y protest direct to the manage Ed. THE SUN.