THE TRAMWAYS.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12503, 26 May 1906, Page 3

THE TRAMWAYS.

+ TO THE EDITOR OF "iHTt rRES.S " Sir, — Your correspondent of this morning, "Auti-Cloek Toner," is unueces>arily ofi'enpive. ond in imputing unworthy motives to mo for the suggestions I ventured to make in my las-t letter ;iis to the running of the care, expert his own hand. ■"Anti-Clock Tower' , has no more right to assume that my haw bi-on prompted by evil-interest than 1 hvive to nsMime rlkit lie is desirous of booming Colomlm stre.i'r, at the oxpenw.' of all tho other thoroughfare*, or that lit* i.-> a member of your ouji literary staff, and that his I'ttir wa> concocted in the "Pn'-.s" oflice. AVoro Ito indulge in Mich itngi'iieious insinuations 1 should bo closcending to the level of your ooire.-pond-ent, wiu> liJi.s) yet to l«irn thuit coarse is not argument, an<l that the unmerited iniput.atio.il of dishonest iii«tivcis Cxilculatetl not to convince, but to di.~gu.st, ail fair-minded readers.— Yours, etc., £.S.D. May 25th. TO THE KDtTOK OT "THE FKK3S." Sir, —Your correspondent, "Tram Rider," tries to meet the arguments of "IV.le.strian" and "Ratepayer," who very rightly think that the duties of a member of the Board and of tin M.H.R. would clash, by pointing out that the Board might consult the convenience of thoir Parliamentary menil>ers by altering tho Board day from Thursdays to Mondnyfi. "Tram Rider ,, evidently supposed, or affects to .suppose, that the principal work of :i member is dono nt the fortnightly meeting reported in the papers, lie is either very badly informed or oho is deliberately throwing dust in tho eyes of the public. By far the greater proportion of the work is done by sub-com-mittees, which moot probably four timos to one full Board meeting. That i-s where tho work is done; that is, the most important work which M.H.R.'s must eso;ipo or neglect, if they do their duty in Parliament; but 1 don't think sub-committee work is much to the taste of an M.H.R. I know—ho likee to have a newspaper reporter at his elbow when ho is on the job.—Yours, etc., NO SHIRKER.