"A VISITOR'S COMPLAINT."

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 25 May 1907, Page 4

"A VISITOR'S COMPLAINT."

To the Editor. Sir—Your correspondent "J .WAV.'' really should coiiii>ljvin about the town nut bring up-to-date. lias lie just awakened from a Hip Vail Winkle sleep? Is ho really serious? And does he mean us lo believe that he doesn't know that the latest move on Hie part of New Plymouth hairdressors is the most up-to-date move oil their business chessboard, copied from Wanganui, who have had these self-same hours in vogue for years past? He complains the town is slow. So it was, now it's up-to-date, and he ought to come into line. "J.W.W." ought to stretch himself, and pinch himself. to make sure that he Ims been awake. ]f he's a New I'lymouth resident. he ought to have seen tile change of hours publicly notified. He is slow, surely. If he is a visitor, he must come from some little wa.\4iack village; and if so, we will excuse his ignorance. The hairdressers of Xew Plymouth have lost enough money by keeping open for "sixpenny" travellers, who generally want to have supper and some other refreshments before coining along for their weed or their sliav#. "J.W.W."' will know next time he wakes up that in 10(17 the barbers and tobacconists came right up to date. Hut— who knows?—they nuiy even have gone further and made poor old "J.W.J." again look silly and ignorant, in some other way. Trusting he got his •■smoke"' and "shave" in the morning, and that he'll know better next time.—l am, etc.. HAIRDRESSER.

'l'o the Editor,

Sir.--In this morning's'.News "J.W.W.' writes,expressing his disgust at the hairdressers being closed on the arrival of the mail train, and asks you to put_yourself ill his place as a traveller from Wellington, tolwccoless, but with an extra ipiaiititv of hair and dirt. Now, it is i|iiite evident that "J.W.W." is not n freijuent traveller, or lie would knyw that there are ten different stations after leaving Wellington where he could obtain tobacco, etc. Ask him now to alter his proposition of putting yourself in his place, lo putting himself in a barbel's place, who has to work from S a.m. to 8 p.m. on Holidays and Wednesdays, and till II p.m. on Saturdays. Jf he were to keep his show open for customers oil' the, mail train, would mean another half or probably an hour. Jn such a case I am afraid "J.W.W." would be far more surprised and disgusted than lie was on Tuesday night. Last, hut not least, comes the fact, that keeping open for customers oil' the mail train would cost more for gas in one week than could be taken iu a month.--! am. etc., A SLOW TOWNSMAN.