CORRESPONDENTS' VIEWS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 181, 2 August 1941, Page 6

CORRESPONDENTS' VIEWS

"THEY THAT SIT IX DARK!HSg» (To the Editor) \Vo arc assured by the authoritki that, in tue interests of our m 2 safety, blackout restriction J?l very real need. That being theS» surely there is a need, as a aS lary, to ensure that instructions*. carried out with efficiency and aSS degree of uniformity. From!*, own observation, it is clear tS there arc- great divergencies toft. interpretation of the regulations i. different districts, or else there J? contagious apathy about the matt» in certain areas. My waysfS j fluently take me through MoS I Eden. Epsom. Newmarket Remuera at night, and the outwaS evidence of sincerity i n dealiS with private house lighting a remarkable degree, with thatttw of Remuera facing Hobson £v more especially that part beta! Arney Road, a thorough-goinTgt ample of -Rafferty rules." lsJn suggest that, if the idea can beiifii ised, there should be an occaskM change over of wardens fromow district to another. Such a "tourtf duty in foreign parts" would & much in the direction of sectn±» uniformity and would encounwel competitive spirit between the *? ferent teams of wardens. Therem»y also be a tendency on the part in some wardens to "go easy" on Iriatfk or acquaintances guilty of ne£w and such a contingency would fcrf no avail if there was the of a completely strange warden a& pearing on the scene at odd timeT THERE'S A LIGHT SHINING BRIGHT.