STOP OR GO.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 54, 5 March 1926, Page 8

STOP OR GO.

' ~ "^i SUNDAY MORNING TRAMS, j DURING CHURCH SERVICE, i COUNCIL SAYS "GO.' .' Whether the tram service should ba' suspended for one hour from eleven, o'clock till noon on Sunday morning, was discussed at the meeting of tha City Council last evening. Such a proposal was brought forwa r <i by Mr- C. F. Bennett, who stated that the noise made by the trams was com. plained of hy churchgoers who attended places of worship along tramway routes. He reminded the council that at one time a poll was taken on Sunday. numing. and by a majority of 19 it w_u amed that no trams should run dur* jag the morning services of the churches This was carried into effect, but sud' deniy, without any authority, as far as ine knew, the cars resumed the concanons service. The noise made by the cars was most annoying to church.. goers, and in Ponsonby Road the trouble affected, perhaps, 1200 people, as there were six churches on the road. He submitted that churchgoers I shoirld not have to put up with tha anr/eyanee in the interests of only a hs/dful of people who used the caw d/-ing the period from 11 a.m. till r/Oon. ■ & Mr. J. A. C. Allum was also of opinion r tltat the running of the cars during the morning services of the churches was a nuisance and should stop. He also contended that the council had no authority to run the cars during tha hour in question. The chairman of the Tramways Committee, Mr. A. Thampson. said* as far as he knew there had been no complaints from either ministers or church, goers, hut since he had been notified of the motion before the council instructions bad been issued to motor- ' men that the cars must proceed as quietlyas possible past the churches, and the goners should he sounded as little as possible. It would be serious if the icars had to cease running, because such would interfere with agreements entered into and which affected th«j suburbs. The loss in Tevenue would amonut to about £4000 a year. Other members considered that td cease running the ca-rs_ for an fiom* would be playing right into the lands of tbe buses, and then the question of stopping all motor traffic would havj to be considered. When nut to the vote the motion wai j lost by 13 to 6. ii I