STRANGE THINGS ABOUT AUCKLAND

Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 152, 29 June 1945, Page 4

STRANGE THINGS ABOUT AUCKLAND

May I add a few comments to those of "Bewildered." Do citizens of Auckland resign themselves to "acute shortages" and "preventable hardships" any more than any other city—for instance, London? If he finds it difficult to move along Queen Street, may I suggest he try another street. The organisations who have a collection mania are not a Gestapo, and he doesn't have to give them anything. Since when do children have to be taught to suck ice-cream, and what is wrong with it in any weather? If he were a tramwayman and had to spend 40 hours in an atmosphere which more often than not is foetid and smokefilled, I think he might crave a little fresh air too. If the air is cold outside a tram and "Bewildered" manages to survive, why complain about it when he gets inside? The slowness of trams is universal, and in any case the authorities are endeavouring to change the system, but this cannot be' done overnight. Now, regarding the price of gas, broken glass, traffic congestion, Auckland Racing Club, etc., what has "Bewildered" done, apart from his verbal display of wonder? Here is a chance for him to establish himself as a farvisioned civic father. J. C. LESNIE.