TRAMWAYS AND ZOO.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 429, 11 February 1909, Page 9

TRAMWAYS AND ZOO.

;'■ I through tho" medium of your; cohimns>draw.the; attention of the .authorities; to' an which "might 1 bo' effected in, our. bthe.nvise ; excellent.tram ;se'r..vice?;.'We in-Kilbirnie aro:dependent solely,'upon the; large* palace,cars,' sometimes I be-.' Hove, known ■as /officer-cars, forV'ih'eanS:'':'of transit. OTb;'tha-' ordinary'; able-bodied - person this. is. no .hardship, : but .there.are 1 many. who, from; ago''or,; other /infirmities, find'.it. almost * impossible 'to. clamber/up the.vsteps, of these, cars, .which, are exceptionally"/h'igK, I know-;;of- ; several-oasos' in whiob. elderly .ladies J debarred- fromrpatron-: ising ;tho\cars..on ; this., account.; Would'"it bo; possible,.- at:,slack - times, of -..the day, ; for/ tlio/ council,to ran/.the/box" or : combination oars in:.thißUine|;:soasto:giva.elderly.or in-;. flrnvVpeople a chance to, visit town? : £ii n'yyi Ifl/mlghtrbepermittedj' I should alßo liko tqißay'd *ord regarding.the Zoo.'.Surely; /be-' fore' Canvassing for funds to increase the' num-: Hcr/'of animals and; birds: in tho '.collection, it is incuriiberit- upon those concerned "to": ,'provideVadeqiiate' i lnmates .against' the,-, depredations';:of--the-hoodlum !;.clemrtit.;'; ;In',;acity."likovWbllihg-/ i'tb'h ; '.we/'niUßt;reoognise;-.this.:element as'a : factor/to'be; reckoned" .with.'rathor.-.tlian,ig-nored,; and ■'.• unless',-, soma '/better ."method can: be adopted,for'the;safety of..;the.defenceless animals, 'I - should;.be in,favour; of/.'abolishing'; the- Zoo/ altogether';rath6r : >than : of '/adding; to it.; . I' speak advisedly,Yas a member of: the: Wellm'gton'.'S.P.C.A./committee. .Thank-' ing you in 'anticipation,— : r '/:.'',./' :;■.;-.;',•;)•,;/ yyyyl<.y I'VERITAS;,-; -. ■-. February.;B.-;/M;.';;;/• ';/.•■!?;-\:- : V:,?;'tv y--y. : '