NORTHLAND'S POOR TRANSPORT

Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 64, 13 September 1945, Page 6

NORTHLAND'S POOR TRANSPORT

The present unsatisfacotry tram and bus service to Northland was a mam subject of discussion at a public meeting of residents convened last week by the Northland Progress Associa--ICThe chairman (Mr. A. Sutherland) said that the committee was dissatisfied with the negative reply to the petition of residents for improved services, but he still had some hopes from the tramways management He had discussed the position with the traffic manager and had seen time schedules which showed that shortage of man-power had retarded extensions as many men worked from 60 to 70 hours a week. No one would ask these men to work longer hours, but the association considered that that did not prevent the council from readjusting existing services, as no other suburb had to suffer a half-hour daytime tram service, with a few extra trams at rush hours.' Councillor W. H. Stevens, who was present by invitation, said that he was not in favour of the proposed tramway extension to Seaview Terrace as he believed that trolley buses could better serve the area from Wilton Road to Northland and the City. Trolley buses would include more accommodation for push chairs than was possible on trams; in that regard he had made several investigations, including the possibility of using special trams for mothers, such trams to be fitted with centre hooks for push chairs. Councillor Stevens said that Northland's requirements would be given immediate consideration when 'the man-power problem had eased. Trolley buses would not wholly replace trams, but would be used as ancillary services.