Readers Write

Northern Advocate, 29 July 1939, Page 6

Readers Write

1 Readers are invited to send letters for publication in this Column. A letter should be written in ink on one side of the paper, and must bear the name of the writer, not necessarily for publication ,■ but as a guarantee of good jaitn.j

I wonder if his Worship the Mayor and councillors realise that there are other things lust as important as

flood relief to be done, but which are put off year after year till it makes one quite dis-

WHANCARE I NEEDS.

gusted with this state of things being allowed to continue in this rapidly growing borough. First of all, numerous letters have been written to this paper pointing out the disgraceful state of our main footpaths, especially up from Kamo Hoad to Kensington corner, and right up to the very end of Mill Ro'ad. In fine weather it is bad enough to walk on these uneven surfaces, but in wet weather they are positivly pools of water, and are doing a lot to give people wet feet and their corresponding ills. I am sure old folk and women with young children in prams find fhem intolerable.

Secondly, the foolish way roads are | macadamised /within three or four f feet of the footpath and,left like that,? with the uneven shoulder a danger to i the travelling public. In some places | an attempt has been made to fill in| with rotten rock, but this is little I better than before, las no attempt is I made to form it to the contour of the | road. ?

Thirdly, • several by-roads have not had any metal on them since they were first formed, yet rates paid must amount to a considerable sum.

Fourthly, the ghost seems to have been given up fas regards controlling pedestrians in the shopping areas, as people stroll up or down on either side of the footpaths and there are no signs, “Keep to the Left,” or centre lines. Also, why are not the traffic lines kept painted on the main intersections for motor traffic? These should always be kept very prominent at many places in the borough, but arc conspicuous by their very absence. Lastly, is it beyond the powers of these aforementioned gentlemen to provide as a Centennial memorial a few seats for tired women and children and the aged to rest 'awhile, between Kensington and the Hospital and Whangarei? I am sure these would be 'a boon to the folk mentioned. Hoping the Mayor will have the suggestions put into action at the earliest possible moment. —“RATEPAYER.”