STREET LIGHTING

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22717, 23 May 1939, Page 5

STREET LIGHTING

fO THE EDITOR OF THE PRESS Sir, —“Lighten our darkness we beseech Thee” is the earnest plea of every resident in Manstiold avenue. One of the prettiest of the many beautiful Christchurch streets, bordered as it is with rows of silver birch, its changing autumnal tints give it a very beautiful aspect, of which the residents are justly proud. But at night the same street becomes little better than a darkened tunnel of Stygian blackness along which nervous womenfolk hesitate to walk, unless accompanied by an escort. The two or three lamps already provided by the council are somewhat obscured by the foliage of the trees along the avenue, so that their light can penetrate only for a very short distance. To remove the trees 'would destroy the beauty of the street, and the residents would raise strong objection to that being done. Why could not some provision be made for'centre lighting? That would solve the problem and give the requisite lighting to which the residents are justly entitled. —Yours, etc., ANOTHER RESIDENT. May 22. 1939. TO THE EDITOE or THE PEESS. Sir,—l have been pleased to see that the question of lighting Mansfield avenue has at last been raised, and brought before the notice of the public. It has been a long-felt want in the district, and I hope something will be done to rectify it as soon as possible.—Yours, etc,, ANOTHER RESIDENT. May 20, 1939.