The Scheme of Things

Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 17, 20 January 1940, Page 17

The Scheme of Things

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;^i^^•^&■•;ma^y:*thfiags.in■tHe neai wotiS TarpuntiwKich'at present puzzle observant folk a good deal. A visitor who recently passed through New Zealand remarked that the people here are "e^aprMnarlly. : .dpi?ile," and a, very,, litti||tHoUght'shows that he' was xightr Forvsistance, in Christchurch for a grea^tt^oy'years the people who live in th 6-' suburbs have' had well-built and comfortable tram shelters, with plenty of ■seats;' inside' and outside them,';in Cathed£aX Square, the principal .starting jjpiiit.' 3The* contrast >in Wellington. is gre^.=>-%here :are N;hree large suburbs, K^^^||)|HiiaS;d;''-' and Wadestown. "Wsat»is provided: for them? Pernjissiah (per favour xof the policey v^rho kiftdiy-v^do1 notjrtake them; up for ''obstructing.") to siand - under -..a narrow veranj3&h in.front of a fruit shop or 'k bu^ch^r^shop. There they gather atipeak-^inaes: in crowds, and rush across .the road when their special car comes, 'UptS'" difficulties being added to cdi^&o&y7 >W" l»ge lorries which drawitiplusr-at'the stopping place and' are often laden with goods from a business piace' nearby," so" that people continually have to go out into the road to see, if; their car 'is approaching. Of course, JtoJ^;^inter,;:^he ables" are|;;aSiien|uat6d by, flic ram, particularl^frfllm?- ithe .south, which, beats icUylil^ttp^^theishpp fronts. Suburbaniteii !i^in|^dle together and shiver, ; with;^=%obability^6f a long wait for/a hoifte|«?&S^ sinvba<J weather