RICHMOND ROAD.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 16, 16 July 1910, Page 9

RICHMOND ROAD.

£To the Editor.) Sir,—l daresay some of your readers are tired of seeing the name of Rich-mond-road in print, but I can assure any one of xheni tha.t they would be a great deal more tired of living there. As a Toad, it ds beyond words to describe it. 1 wonder if the City Councillors would like us all to send them in bills for new boots and shoes, for it ds impossible to keep heel 3 straight, and tempers have already become so crooked I douibt if ever xhey will straighten again. What I woi'Jd like to know is: When can one hope to have a pavement to walk on—next Christmas or the Christmas alter that?—l am, etc., A WORKER. MOUNT EDEN TRAMS. sir c= i' r £ l th ° Editor.) *t>» tregrxiuJtc 'tlie -tritfßc from -town. o£ α-n .. .: 8 ....::..' :■ ■; and yovrttis rushTncr tlie cars to- "tho

detriment of ladice nnd elderly people. I a, constant traveller t>y tho morning and evening cars, .and my sympathies are with tlio repated aggrassore— thcyaro a.t T.vorlc or business -»1I -day, and have to get borne of an evening. Tho ladies who make a jwint of using , the cars so lato in -the evening deserve alt the inconvenience they are put to, they should at least leave by the 4.30 p.m. cars, but instead they hang about town till business men and employees have to use tho «ax 3 to get home, and then the ladies corn-plain if they do not got a seat. Of course, girls employed in 'business are different, but my is "that iv the particular ear tltat 1 travel by in tho evening I only recognisu one what might 'be called a frequent traveller, tbx; otters seem a. fresh lot every time. There is another matter concerning tho running of tho cars that causes a lot of inconvenience to elderly people and females, viz., regarding the stoppingplaces of the cars. A sign stating that

"cars stop" is placed between the Thames Hotel and Wiles' chemist shop, but if a crowd of intending passengers aro ready to board the car at that ■point, the motorman, though going dead slaw, frequently does not pull his car -up for two or three lengths past the stopping place, and seems to enjoy the scramble caused by this needless action. The time-table of this particular service is what might bo termed erratic, a variation of five minutes is not at all unusual, starting from the Mount Eden end. Other localities are better served..—l am, etc^ CONSTANT TRAVELLER.