NEW SERVICES FOR THE PEOPLE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1355, 5 February 1912, Page 5

NEW SERVICES FOR THE PEOPLE.

"THE PONY EXPRESS." Ln some parts _ of way-bark- ,\ mcrJca they have what is called .".the pony express" for tho carriage of mails, etc,, liv which is meant a succession. of ponies kept waiting for the mailman, and as ho uses up ono pony tluaxj is anothor for him to eiiecd forward to liis destination It is a rather different sort of pony express that bids fair to lata the plmce of tho slcepiiu* cars locked up at Newtown and Thonrdoc. ft in an express drawn

by ponies or horaoa, which las suddenly become almost tho sole means by which, tho general pnblio can travel between the city and the suburbs. The .expressmen were not too quick to see their opportunity, but thoroughly awoke to the harvest ripening at their very doors on Saturday. Almost at any dout after midday dwellers in' Wellington South could pick up a seated express at tho Royal Oak corner, bonmi for Newtown, and taking passengers at Cd. a head. This service was continued throughout tho evening until after Hid theatres closed their doors. Somo drivers even went further afield. One mudo Miramar his destination, another Island Bay, and some ran to Thorndon and Karori, so that few peoplo were really at a loss who did not euro to walk tho distance. Fortunately ' tho weather has kept fine—gloriously iino—and a great number of citizens are finding a peculiar pleasure in walking to and from work, and thereby are improving, their health and. spirits. . A lady who lives on the Queens Drive informed a Dominion reporter yestcTclay that she had never seen so many cyclists go by her front windows as yesterday. "It has been an unending stream oj cyclints, motor cyclists, motor-cars, and' carriages," sh'o said. "I suppose many of them aro those who ordinarily use the cars to get out to the beaches, and witnont'lhom have taken to the next best thing. It lias made the road quite lively, and'l havo enjoyed the afternoon immensely!"