CYCLE PATHS AND ROYALTY.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 154, 1 July 1901, Page 2

CYCLE PATHS AND ROYALTY.

(To the Editor.)

Sir, —They have come, and they have gone, weighed down by the burden of many addresses, and almost as miscellaneous a collection of bric-a-brac as was sent after BadenPowell. Naught is left for us but to nurse our honoured hands until the time shall come, when in duty to our country and our friends, we must visit the lavatory, and —to foot the bill; but we must not repine. All is not lost. Some of the bread so lavishly cast upon the waters, or, to drop metaphor, the coin sprinkled on the Duke, will come back to us. The Eotorua affair was a splendid advertisement, and in many other ways the visit of the distinguished pair will prove of benefit to Auckland. The Duke is not recognised as an ardent cyclist, but his visit has proved that even in the main streets of our town, where it is not proposed to have a cycle path, that four feet on either side of the road would hardly be missed. Looking down the vista between the Venetian masts and the kerb one saw on either side of Queenstreet a cycle path, and during a week of the heaviest traffic known in Queen-street no inconvenience was felt. If this is so in Queen-street there can be no doubt that other streets will easily be able to afford four to six feet on either side. The Auckland Cycle Koads League should be very grateful to the Duke for the demonstration of the fact that three feet added to the width of the gutter would make even in Queen-street a good cycle path.—l am, etc.,

A LEAET