PELICHET BAY-OPOHO TRAMWAY.

Evening Star, Issue 18050, 18 August 1922, Page 7

PELICHET BAY-OPOHO TRAMWAY.

TO THE EDITOR, Sir,—ln his eagerness to help Mr Harvey, Mr Sinclair has apparently overlooked the -possibility of -a few good" tennis courts being erected on the Lake Logan Recreation Grounds. Surely lie would not deny his fellow-tennis pla-ycrs, say, from cither the south end or Opoho, the privilege of being ab!o_ to -get to such sports grounds by a ‘‘ direct ” tram route. Inthis instance, again, my route from the railway station, direct to Opoho, is the only one suitable. And look at tho revenue 1 to be derived by the use of such a route, not only from Pelichct Bay and Opoho, residents, but also from tourists—and Dunedin badly needs an observation car, the same ns they have in the northern cities—from footballers, cricketers, hockey and tennis players, riflemen, rabbikrs, anil the many others who would use such a route. “ Mother ” has- my sympathy, but I would respectfully ask her whether, seeing she has not been so very long in Dunedin, she realises that the George Street and North-east Valley Schools are not the only ones for Opoho children. Years ago, when, I lived in Opoho previously, we wanted Mr (nowthoHon.) G. M. Thomson, M.P., to get ns an Opoho infant school. At that time,however, the .Valley School had not such a large and overflowing attend-' ante as it has now, and when George Street and the Valley School Committees objected to our scheme, our then M.P. naturally did not push it. Mr Harvey was on that committee, and could possibly explain why the Opoho committee seemed to drop all idea of getting -the infant school. To-day, I believe, the George ■ Street and Valley School Committees would readily help us to relieve’ the congestion of their schools by getting a school built at Opoho, the same as Mr T. K. Sidey, M.P., got for Concord, in his electorate. Our present M.P., Mr J. W. Mun-ro, would, I feel sure, be quite willing to help, say, an Opoho ladies’ committee if “Mother” and the other live women of Opoho were to sec him while ho is in town during the present weekend. To begin with there would be at least 150 scholars for a school at Opoho, so I suggest that no time be lost, and I know that Mr Harvey and,the writer will willingly help our O'poho ladies to push this matter forward. When we get tho trams, the increased'- population should easily give us 200 to 250 children in Opoho and Signal Hill. Surd ysuch a largo number would be entitled to a school of their own.—l am, -etc., G. S., Thomson. August 18.