IS IT A "PUBLIC NUISANCE"?

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2114, 3 April 1914, Page 8

IS IT A "PUBLIC NUISANCE"?

Sir, —If that immoral grindstone, in Jlnseuni: -Street were evolving a,- now Dreadnought, or even a Bustol ciuieoi, no ono would object to its working, day and night. As. however, the 'resultant product i® to 'fie nothing more useful or interesting than Houses of Parliament, tiioso ivho live within hall a mile of ft rria:y well bo pardoned it t)iey fail to sec ahjr ijeceSsity for tho present excessive overtime. iFemalC' tos!.dents are distressed by _ tlio iioisq. between 10 p.m. and midnight, while tho male element is embittered bv its stalling 4t 6 a.m. Not only, therefore, is thero a distinct tendency towards disintegration of the home, impaired' ofli< ciency of tho breadwinner, _ break uj of family life, and destruction of th« sanctity of the marriage tin, but, what is moro serious, our loyally to tho Reform Government m general,, and tlio sitting member for Wellington North in particular, is being severely strain? cd. Tlio evil is accentuated by the fact that tho pesky machine i 3 often quiescent in day time, though, it. never fails to resume its pernicious activity at nightfall., Surely among our manifold statutes, "by-laws and regulations tb.ero must be at loast ono which is. infringed by this darkling habit; -and of our thousands of inspectors there should bo at least ton. whose duty it is to interfere. It may be objected that if tlm building is hot expedited Parliament tiiay bo unable to sheet for a long time to come. -I'his is a prospect which does not; .appal; we would view it . witJi equanimity bordering upon indifference; In conclusion, wo recall tlio eminently reasonablo way in which remonstrance's about a certain powerful bell in tho vicinity were met a year or two ago, and we hope those in authority over fchsse< building .operations will not-allow themselves to bo outdone in" the matter of consideration for a suffering public. —1 am, etc., HUSH.