WHAT'S IN A NAME?
(To the Editor.)
Sir, —The other .day the Fire Brigade responded with its accustomed promptitude to ii call to a fire in Watt street, Highland Park. Taking the Wadestown road, it found itself finally in a cul-de-sac —Upper Watt street—out of reach of the firo, which was burning furiously 100 yards' away. It had either to tumble down a long ijg-zag and crou th« tfam line 'by • footbridge, or retrace it* steps and make a detour of a mile' to reach Lower Watt street. This tragic miscarriage, lor which the Fire Brigade ws* in no way to blame, would have been impossible if a very. sensible suggestion to have different names for Upper and Lower Watt street had net been frustrated by a local dispute. Residents mußt be paying every day in quite unnecessary inconveniences for such a foolish instance of street naming; Has the City Council no power to solve the tangle in some sensible manner!—l ami •*•'. _'■■ . f PUZZLED. 16th March.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 64, 17 March 1927, Page 8
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166WHAT'S IN A NAME? Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 64, 17 March 1927, Page 8
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