SMOKING IN TRAMCARS.
(To the Editor.)
Si r> —Will you permit me through the columns of your paper to refer to the practice of smoking pipes and cigarettes in the open tram cars. To say the least of it-it shows a want of respect to the ladies, and a selfishness on the part of the smokers. It is objectionable and a nuisance to have the smoke and stench of pipes blowing into one's' face. Surely those persons can abstain for a short time, or stand outside of the tram if they want to smoke. I was surprised when I first saw smoking in the open trams. There was an altercation yesterday, I tie* lieve, in one of the trams, when a gentleman complained of the practice of smoking in the company of ladies, and . that two ladies got out of the tram and walked rather than put up with the nuisance. It wq,uld be to the comfort of many if this state of things were stopped. Why should smokers be a nuisance to others in tramcars?—l am, etc., R. B.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 87, 14 April 1899, Page 2
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