LIGHTEN OUR DARKNESS, O LAMPS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10713, 6 September 1912, Page 7

LIGHTEN OUR DARKNESS, O LAMPS.

(To the Editor.)

j .Sir, —For the last throe or four I night;; several of tho lamps in Ban'nister Street and Johnstone Street *iave apparently gone in for the "rest cure." Now, I think it is very mean of thorn, seeing that they are not asked to do any work during the day, or when the moon is about, therefore tho least they can do, is to brighten our way homo at night. What with lightlcss lamps and lampless bicycles, I can assure you it is not very safe going about after dark in Mastt-rton. As for the latter, their name is legion ■and can be seen any night in several of tho thoroughfares off Queen Street, hut it is only those that pass along Queen Street that the man in blue ever sees, because that is the only street ho is ever in. They, pardon..l -am wrong, for a week or two ago, standing at Cragg's corner, I saw one of them coming along beloiv tho Club stables, whether ho had lost his way or not I can't say, but he seemed quite pleased when he found he had reached tho old familiar spit—Queen St. —• but that was in daylight, so I don't fancy he. was looking for lampless bikes. Now, I have been in Masterton a long time, in fact, years, and I have no recollection of ever having seen one of them anywhere else but in Queen j Street, except on tho way to the Railway Station. T wonder if any of them know where Worksop Road, Bannister Street, and Church Street are located, that is, after dark. Trusting that this hint will help to keep us out of danger at night in future. —lam. etc.,

VERITAS.

P.S. —As for those tired street lamps probably a gas committee would effect a cure. They appear quite bright, and early in tho evening, but before 10 p.m. they are exhausted, poor tilings.