ARE WE LAZY?

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 160, 8 July 1932, Page 6

ARE WE LAZY?

I noticed it was snggested recently tlint the Transport Board should extend a section at Mount Eden, and it was urged in support that students attending the Training College would have a shorter walk. On a tine day the walk would bo <rood for them, and the desire to save a few stops strikes me ns rather astonishing and significant. We. are getting to a stage when our young people expect to be carried everywhere. One lias only to watch the. boys beinjj carried to school where years ago they would have walked. Sometimes they board trains at the nearest stop when by walking a short distance they could save a section fare. I walk to a section every morning and I am surprised at the number of people who wait for cars. Perhaps the present economic stress may have the effect of making people more careful of pennies. We have been told that people have gained in health through having to be content with simpler meals. They would make an additional gain if considerations of economy made them realise the benefits of walking instead of taking a train for every little distance they wish to uo. ■pK»;-:STRLAX.