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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13527, 8 November 1911, Page 7

Tii-a meeting of: the Waterside Workers’ Union which was' to have been held last night was adjourned in order to allow the members to attend the political address in the Opera House. Exactly how far a man may get under the influence of liquor before he is arrested appears to be rather a moot point nt -.present. A, man who said that he usually, followed the’ sea as .a .means of livelihood appeared before, Mr W., Kerr,;. S.M., at the Magistrate’s Court this morning; and emphatically denied the charge of insobriety preferred against him. After the usual evidence,had been given by the-arresting constable, Sergt. llurke stated that he had visited the mail m the watch-house, and though lie certainly appeared to have been drinking, he (.the witness) would not like to say whether ho was sufficiently intoxicated to justify, arrest. Put on hie oath, the. prisoner said that ho was very far from drunk; lie had only had a few drinks. He was looking in a,-shop window in the Avenue when the constable arrested him and marched him off to the station. “How could I have been drunk and yet be able to walk up and down cue hilly paths of Queen’s Park with •-he-policeman?’" he concluded. In reply to a question, he admitted a previous conviction for insobriety-in. Julv last. After remarking that the public must be protected fronv -nuisances, his Worship imposed a rine of 10s, with costs 2s, in default 24 hours’ imprisonment. Reporting ■to the Goimlle-Castleclift’ Tramway- Board last evening, .the Engineer stated that, owing to the had weather experienced during the month the construction work had not made such good progress as he had hoped'for. Now, however, that the weather was likely to improve, and the heaviest of the construction work had .been completed, Mr Ureagh said he had every reason to anticipate good progress during the ensuing month. He hoped to reach the Town Belt Road nt the rear of the racecourse in six or

hi'veu days, and the borough proposed j to start in the Bolt in a week’s time. He' expected to. connect with the borough work in about three weeks. The engine had been most satisfactory, running as many as .33 trucks (each containing six yards of metal) •in a day, ■ the average being 28 .per day. The Engineer went on to say that he had . to delay ordering the hardwood, arms for carrying the feeders, in order to try and come to some arrangement with Mr Talboys for the supply of a positive booster. He regretted to say that he bad been unable to convince Mr Talboys of the - desirability of installing a booster. Mr Creagh maintained that i. Board must■ provide' for the increase traffic likely to occur during the period p| their agreement with the Borough 6<mncil'(i.e.,' .seven 1 years), and not only fiqrcly- sufficient for present requirements. Li’the event of the feeders being inadequate, and more money being required to provide, more, there'was bound to be much complaint, which would naturally reflect j, oqSthe engineers concerned. As he would most■ probably not be : in Wanganui then I to’defend’his policy, Mr Creagh asked to he allowed to report on the subject at ngxt meeting;’so that it might be recorded in the miff rites as a. record for all time. As : he : could not induce Mr Talboys to obtain .a'’positive .booster-’at the Board’s expense, Mr Creagh asked and was given authority to order the necessary copper wire... '■ ■’/ 1 M "■ '■ ; One of the. most dangerous corners in the borough streets, is that by the ceme- ■ tery and Queen’s Drive., Quito a number of .accidents have i occurred hero through bicycle, vehicular, and other collisions owing to tile inability of people coming along the roads seeing others approaching .from opposite directions; The danger is apparently to be further accentuated owing to the action of the Borough Council in diverting the tram line from the route originally suggested when the matter was under discussion between the Connell and the Tramway Board. The subject was brought up by Mr E.Welib Jones at the of the Gonville-Castlceliff Tram\v?,ay Board last evening, when he expresse A d\surprisa at the short-sighted policy adopted by the Borough authorities. There was absolutely no necessity, he said, for deviating from the original intention, as it could not be claimed that there was a scarcity of borough land in the market. They had more land available for cutting up than would be required for years and vears to come. The chairman of the board (Mr A. 6; Bignoll) said his attention had also been directed to the matter by the erection within the last few days of the poles to carry the feeder wires. He and other members of the board were originally given to Understand that the tram Hue would be taken through the triangular reserve adjoining the racecourse and football ground. This was, in his opinion.infinitely the better route to adopt, as it would obviate the necessity of having a sharp turn in a road which was already dangerous for traffic. Apart from that, the wear and tear on both rails and carriages would be much groated going round the corner than if a practically straight line had been adopted. Other members of the Board expressed similar views, Mr H. Hice stating that one of the Borough foremen had some years ago informed him that the borough fully recognised the corner was dangerous, and it was intended to alter it. The Board resolved to write the Borough Council pointing out the disadvantages of the sharp and unnecessary turn which it was evidently intended to give the tram lino.p* '