LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 167, 8 April 1908, Page 4

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

MORE LICJJHT WANTED. Sir,—Kindly allow ma space in your valuable paper:. to draw the attention of tho City Council to,-the wretched'.electric street supplied oil' dark nights since ' the Council has taken possession, of tho streetlighting from tho lato company.'::!. In the, side and lonely.^streets I -often , soo.jvomeii ; and young girls'running for. dear. life, 1 , which, they would not do if the streets wete properly lit up. I suppose tho Council and'its omcero ■are so anxious to show a big 'balapce/on tho right side df. tho ledger, or else they, havo •so many other things to look after!"that the street', lighting has to " go- ai-you; ;plea'fie." I often notice that many-of the street lamps aro burning; all day long, and frequently some of thorn arc out all night. -I have,sc-cn glow worms in the Australian busbvgiye a brighter light than; some of tho- City electric lights.—l' am, 'etc.,. . ■ PEDESTRIAN. April 4, 1903. ; .V DISORDERLY THEATRH-GOEKS;a ■" local '?•'• appeared' in; your 'Monday's issue ro : tho : misbehaviour' ' ill * tho Christehurch Theatre. ' Whilo on tho.'subject would it • not havo been wiso to'! apply a word or two nearer home P . As an old habituo of theatres both in' tho Dominion and olsewhere, 1 I-; don't, think I have;. observed worse manners displayed at anyperformance, than took plaoo on Saturday night .'during tho latter acts of " Peter's. Mother." The interruptions and interjections from tho " gods" and elsewhere, were to, my mind disgusting, and a' disgrace tb any pity.. .-, I have been in Clinstclmrch theatres (race nights included), and never on any occasion have I heard anything approaching the.disgraceful ' ; behavioUr" of-'the' " hoodlums " 'in ■ this city. If arrests-can be made in other towns ofcjtljo L^il so^.ca.jit3 j polico 'so dilatory hero? ' Hoping'this matter, will bo,taken up by"theatregoers whoso pleasure ■is marred' by this nuisance,'—l ata^titc^'i-, V> : ' COSMOPOLITAN; -; :: April 6, 1908;-:.. v. . i l ..- • : :- v i?:: j":. "THE PAIiACE \ K • Sir,—Kindly allows mo to' comment ioii tlk letter, (" The Palaco Cars," iil ; yqur .issup'of to-day, Tuesday, April 7. I may say' that > oiy reading-'it. I; was greatly amused. main, point of argument seenis to bo the high' stop, i Why does hot " ll.W.B."; complain about- the step of tho combination car?'-/.lt is just'as high and, if' anything,, riarrowor. "R. W. 8." : also states that the' palaco cars carry moro passengers; in proportion to spaco than any other.' makes. This! is. just what- Wellington' wants. With the ' tram-conductors and l , motormen ; crying out' for higher pay, something of that' style has to. bo used,' or'..where.->will "the. profits come from? : . !.■/•; '_■ If your correspondent has "religiously decided" to avoid theso ears, let her (or ,perhaps 'he) by-, all means do' so, hut- allow..the very many others who stand by the, "palace" to' enjoy' a ride as now possible.; With the Wellington windy, wjntry/ weatheif.iww coming on, I do not know, what: we would' do, if. wo always had to travel ill -tho wholly open Hongkong, , tho partly open, combination, and' the top dcck cars. Hoping I have not taken up too much, of your' space' in this second letter of mine re Palace Cars," —I am, etc., • THORNDONITE. April 7, 1908. THE .ARBITRATION >ACT. Sir,—lt is earnestly to be lioped the sub-, ject of Mr. Eraser's letter will be fully threshed out. Mr. Rigg, in . his letter -of April 3, says ho does'not desire to be drawn into a . nowspapor , correspondence, but lot-us hope that without being drawn, ho will voluntarily give" tho. public, who are iecply;interested m tho subject, the fullest benefit of his experience and views. Mr. Rigg has referred to a different phase of tho question to that discussed by Mr. Frasor. Will ho give us his views as to whether tho Act has been, badly administered in tho case of and how? Mr. Fraser'deals with the question of a deadlock haying arisen-in which the/Dnion declines tq pay a fino imposed by the Court, He thinks imprisonment is not ii reasonable solu-» tion in. such a juncture, and that'freedom .to either pay tho fine, or, by refusing to do' so, to automatically: dissolve the Union,: would bo' a better one;' and 1 emplovers and employees—will agrco irith him. What .dees Mr. Rigg think of: this?—l am,' etc., April G.' . : ' LAYMAN.-