SENSIBLE CLOTHES

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 70, 23 March 1935, Page 8

SENSIBLE CLOTHES

The unusual heqt of the past suiryner won : for Auckland tfamwa'ymen the issue of lightei-. uniforms, and now the Postmaster-General has agreed to postmen wearing , something , more suitable, to 80 or 90 degrees in the' shade than their heavy cloth dress. . During this summer most citizens must have been struck by the sufferings of tramwaymen and postmen—motormen with the sun' striking into their small compartments, conductors pushing their way through crowded cars, and letter carriers staggering , under heavy bags. New Zealand men are notorious for their conservatism in dress, but this issue of lighter uniforms to public servants may cause the average man to study his own .comfort more and the trade to be more enterprising in catering for his needs. It will be interesting to see whether individual choice will be allowed tramwaymen and postmen, or whether, as on board ship, uniformity will be expected in tlie wearing of the lighter dress. The "captain" may order "whites" for the morrow (in a hot evening, and then find that the temperature has dropped ten or twenty degrees in tlie night. But that our climate is variable and caprVious is no reason for not trying to be more sensible in dress.