GOING HOME.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 205, 29 August 1936, Page 8

GOING HOME.

Your correspondent "Reason," in his eagerness to arrive home from work 15 minutes earlier, would suggest that the city authorities scrap thousands of pounds' worth of tram stock and then purchase many more thousands' worth of some other transport stock. Apparently the extra cost, which all of uS would have to bear, would not matter, so long as the correspondent arrived home 15 minutes earlier. Why the frantic hurry to get home, anyway? Most of us have to wait 10 minutes or so after arrival before 'dinner is served. "Reason's" argument regarding the value of lost time is amusing. Apparently eight hours' work per day (at 2/6 an hour) is not enough for him. If he calculated the time- lost in travelling to and from work to be worth 5/10 per week, plus the cost of fares, he must also calculate the time lost in reading the paper for two hours at night to be worth 30/ per week. And if he didn't have to eat or sleep he would be worth another £7 or £8 per week. The trams may have their drawbacks, ■but I think most of us would prefer to retain the existing service rather than pay dearly for some new mode of transport. A fleet of buses may save us 15 minutes at night, but the extra time may not be worth so very much to us, after all. N.H.B.