LETTERS IN BRIEF

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 151, 30 June 1925, Page 9

LETTERS IN BRIEF

"A Driver" states that tha Drivers' Union resolution of protest against the law under.which Lyons is to be deported was passed by sixteen men, though the unionhas a membership of between five and six'hundred. The majority of the rest of the members respect the law as it stands, and protest against, unions 'or industrial organisations being 'identified^ with political propaganda. Claim is made by "Wallace and Hankey Streetites," in a letter to "The Post," that the proposal to make Veitch and Allan's corner (instead of the Royal Oak, as at present), the end of the first tramway section from John street does not do justiceLto the people who have for so long patronised the short service between Wallace street and the Oak. In a'letter to "The Post," Mr. John Castle congratulates-,the Mayor upon his. straight-out statement regarding means of transit to Roseneath and Hataitai. Mr. Castle adds that, after traversing one district thoroughly, both by motor and on foot, he is of the same opinion as the Mayor that, although the roads in. their present'state are too risky even for ordinary car traffic, the money proposed for the lift scheme expended in the direction indicated-would be a much sounder business proposition, and would help to solve the housing problem by removing the one' great objection—the difficult climb—and enabling the district to be more rapidly, settled; • "The Watcher" expresses surprise that the cost of transport, as affecting housing, has been-allowed to pass without comment. He calculates that every 3s' per week' of tramfare adds three-quarters per cent, to the annual cost of a £1000 house, and if five adults live in a house two sections froni their work, there is .an extra 15s per week, ; or £39 a year added to'the rental, without taking account of extra journeys to town for shopping or pleasure. / The correspondent suggests that the problem can lie met only by tho means he previously proposed of _ a universal fare of 2d cash or l^d by ticket for the imier zone and an additional Id beyond. If great American cities can conduct their trams with a universal five-cent fare, lie thinks it not impossible for "Wellington to do as ho suajsests. He further suggests that the City Council, if it decides to move in this matter, should secure land about tho city or suburbs, so that the added value resulting from the city's enterprise should not be scooped by the holders of land. /This'method will secure the council a return in higher rates-and a quicker return upon its housing outlay. It is the duty of the council, ho.contends to take action to reduce the cost of suburban transport rather than allowing the tramways to'earn big surpluses. "I-I.T. J." strongly supports the proposal to erect (i carillon as a war memorial He suggest* that, to strengthen the

hands of the committee a vote should be taken of the public by inviting people when they are attending concerts in the Town HalK this week to place in ballot boxes slips of paper containing the words, "I vote for a carillon to be erected." "The Post"\has received from a subscriber an offer to' give a further £10 to the Memorial Fund if the carillon project is adopted. Complaint is made by a correspondent 'Hold Your Nose," of the accumulation of rat-infested rubbish in the vicinity of Peters street. He urges that .the rubbish is most offensive, and the sanitary inspector should be asked to take action to stop the nuisance.