THE PERAMBULATOR TROUBLE
(To the Editor). Sir,—l have travelled in many towns in this colony and have not in any of them seen so many perambulators being driven along the footpaths as I have seen in Masteiton, especially on Saturday nights, when the streets are crowded. I think it unjust to hamper and inconvenience visitors and others, to say little of the risks which these little innocents run in crowded places, especially when some fellows are for the time rather short-sighted on account of hotels being open and Adam's ale being neglected. Lust Saturday night, as three of us were walking along the main street, two young girls wheeling a pram, oame dashing along at such a rate that they nearly knooked one of our party off his legs, and when I modestly censured them for the same tbey turned and used some real colonial slang, then took their flight as fast as ever. I do not wish to infer that I deny pleasure to others, but if wheeling prams in crowded streets is a pleasure to some, then I contend that it is a nuisance to others, and the pace, I think, at least, should be moderated—l am, etc., PEDESTRIAN.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7956, 5 February 1906, Page 5
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201THE PERAMBULATOR TROUBLE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7956, 5 February 1906, Page 5
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