CORRESPONDENCE.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43382, 31 October 1908, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

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[To the Editor.]

Sir, Some little time ago I noticed a letter appealing in your paper complaining about traps on the streets, goods on the footpaths and a general all round complaint of how things are f?Sr.. * n Te -Aroha, signed by a “ Visitor.” Now, Mr Editor, this is just the kind j visitor (either permanent or casual) winch we do not want in our little towD, 1 should picture this individual as some nasty, crotchity crittar suffeiing from a bad liver, one who is at variance with ■ mankind as a whole and a source of irritation to all with whom he comes in contact. We are always pleased to have visitors in our midst and I am quite sure the good people of To Aroha do all that lies m their power to make visitors’ stay pleasant while they are here. We have good hotel?, good boarding - houses, attractive grounds, splendid waters both for internal and external use, games of vanous. kinds, also mountain climbing < l iaie fc walks, two well - equipped ■bwvbles with careful drivers to take them round the country, and shopkeepers vie with each other to cater for their requirements, in fact everything to make life happy, yet sometimes we meet with discontented people who rush into print to air their imaginary grievances such as the visitor above alluded to. While giving every attention to the comfort of i visitors I think, Mr Editor, we are in duty bound called on to attend to the requirements of another - class of people who are the main stay * an . < ~ 1 backbone, of our town, that is, the j settlers round about.

Not long ago these people were in tepor of having their horses and traps seized in the street and walked off to the pound holus bolus while they were ®cgaged doing their shopping, and now they are to be threatened that if they leave their trap on the street for an hour °*j j w b^ e their hoi se is having a bite °v ° r the y are having their horses shod they will be taken before the beak tor obstructing the street. I am unformed the fiat has gone forth from the Borough Council to our respected constable that the Bye Laws must be strictly enforced. One can easily imagine the mconvenience a man like Mr Hogan will be put to, if this is earned out in itsi entirety where, on a Saturday afternoon he has about 20 traps to cope with for about three hours, and it will be a great inconvenience to settlers when they ar& ready to yoke up, and go home, if they have to wait for their traps to be sorted out, I think if the traps were nicely arranged close to the footpath this would fill the bid, and there would be less fear of accident with the horse in the stable than there would obe with the horses in the traps and tied up all along the street. This. I believe, meets with the approval of some of. our worthy Councillors and is the common sense view to take of the situation. The tradespeople pay fairly heavy rates especially in the front street and in a reasonable way they should be allowed a little latitude in displaying their wares, Constable Hackle can be trusted to see that they don’t over step the mark. Do we want the settlers to come to Te Aroha and do business and bring alon°their milk cheques on the 20th of the month to the Bank? Bather. Then, tradespeople, get a hustle on, plenty of traps about the streets spells plenty of business which means money coming into the town, and nothing gives visitors a better impr. ssion than to see things Lively and everybody busy also to show *he complaining visitor that the people r ° f T® )roha have no time for such as he, Thanking you, Mr Editor, in anticipation;*--.! am, etc., A Resident.

[To the Editor.] Sir. I notice in other towns that the Trades -Associations are defining the holidays that will be observed at the coming festive season. Might I suggest that fhe business people of Te Aroha follow their lead in this matter. It would, I have no doubt, be a great benefit to the employees and would prevent a repetition of . the last Labour Day fiasco.—l am, etc., ~ Tom. Doxo vax.