"DOING THE CITY."

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 74, 20 December 1907, Page 7

"DOING THE CITY."

SEEING WELLINGTON FROM A TRAM CAR. OF INTEIIEfeT TO V^SITOks.Christmas - is thai time of theyear- wliei, citv people leavo for. tho 'country..(if thej, can; -possibly -manage • It)^' and"countrr' people visit the'town.- Anyone native to'the pavoment.can pickthb-straliger from the country. Ho sometimes wears a wido-l'.inaiha tor-fplb'liat,i:hos;a'Vfinoi' healtliy lironzed.complexion, aud a.jclear eyq r :, is interested irt'Hhe dOutoirfis" :of" shop' window's, and '.uoe? . not., always- lwej) -;''the right"- oft the ' sidewalk, which .tiVoatis troubto. Ho walks at half'the ;phcE.o4'"tlm:ittver;i(;iV off.,.a ear-, wjith jus., back,.to, l(ip; motorman. 1-fiese "are' lii§" traits in a general ' way—they ar,o not (leffepts any -more itlmti would be the dismal- failure the- average' city, -.man would register ifVoidAVed to Alniister' a'cbuple of thousand., iSheoj}.,,on . acre block in ~re'ailinoss, for a'.salo'to'bo bold oil the .mbrrovf.:,- the sun-tinted' 'countryman on a htfrsc of in a country where the.Ms.li^'.only..Jjalf clfiiy-^d,,,iujd..jtho fohccs are-stiff; aiid you J 'rectigniso theloungor, avlio,, with' ; ,his;.'hands-!dippe(l into cross-cut'' gazes'ii'hlf-yfonueringly at tho glittering glories in tho., shop window. Thero arc at present* a groat many visitors ;to Wellington, and many more may arrive during the next few days to put in their Christmas with city friends. Thero is 110 better or cheaper way of seeing the; city and its. surroundings than by taking tlio "ear"— -now'-piio-o|-tho most-übiquitous-commodities, in our, .civic.inako-up. .... AYe, doom,.it to bo in thei I 'interest' of 1 visitors' to' sot o)jt tho places that, can bo visited by moans of a car, tho distnJico, and tho fare charged. In response to a suggostion. from Tim Dominion, tho Electrical Engineer (Mr, Stuart, Richardson).; has ; had the following; table propared:—

Termini. i Distance. Time. Fares. • .Miles* ' Mins. Island Bay .I.....:.5} 33 4d. Newtown 3} 23 2d; Constable' S+rtct "... ; . 25 2(1. Oriental.. Ihy 2J',. .. 20 2d. , Brooklyh 1 " '20 3d. Thorndon 'Ajiuav 3 5 ] d, Wallaco Slroat ...V.'. 15 2d. Aro' Street ';., 2 .• 15 . 2d. Botanical Gardens ... IV 10 Id. Karori ........v......'.*. 3J 20 3d. - Kilbirnie j 4-J • 30:'.. . 3d. - Miramar... ..j.... 6J 40. . 4d. Switoun''.'' V/.; v "6. ' ' ! 40 4d.