LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17846, 29 July 1921, Page 8

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

DANGERS ON THE ROAD. Six, —I wish to make a complaint about th« Mount Albert-Onehurga Road. Coming from town on a dark night with a friend I was nearly run over by a motor- < a,r after we left the tram terminus. The borough has no footpaths and no gas on the road, and pedestrians do not knowwhere to go to get out of the way of the traffic, which is as great as on the Kew North Road. I wonder the residents do not complain. Mor.vT Albert Resident. vv ATER.SIDE LABOUR. Sir, —Not long ago Captain Colbeck, the Welfare League, and a few members of the Chamber of Commerce were extremely anxious to haw a permanent staff of from 400 to 800 workers. The port has been I radically at a standstill for the last fortnight. Captain Colbeck and those asso- < i»:-od with him in this philanthropic move. stated :f the work was properly performed the outlay was a mere bagatelle (as to what was lost on cheese), but unforlunately, the names of the philanthropists were omitted, unless those mentioned int u 1 to assume this role. P. Virtue. July 28, 1921. CHILDREN IN THE CITY. Sir,—To-day's treat will be remembered by the thousands of school children seeing the Prince of Wales' tour picture at' the Town Hall. When hundreds were rushing and clamouring for their suburban ti-ams it was a scene of horror to witness the mad rish among the children to avow! the motor-cars that could not Rive them a few minutes to cross the road. No doubt the teWners did their duty well, but were helpless because right outside the Town Hall six roads run into Queen Street, with the Grey Ptatne in the middle. Surely it is time the Council stationed a traffic manager at this junction. E. E. Leaking. LANDOWNERS' BURDENS. Sir, —T think there is a g<xd deal more to be said on this subject. Not long ago, I was desirous of cutting a half-acre section into two. I was told that a scheme for doing so would have *•> be submitted lor Ministerial sanction before any plan could be lodged for the issue of titles to eai h portion of my land as subdivided, as th;> subdivision constituted the formation •if a township. One can hardly credit this. In what other part of the British Dominions do two quarter-acres of land form a township? The cumbersome methods which followed ovenpied nearly nine months before the case was finally settled. On ordinary business lines all could have been carried through in a week. There is no encouragement whatever for bringing land under the provisions of the much-lauded Land Transfer Act. The circumlocution and delays involvid render it almost imperative for an owner of land to set about his application early in life, if he hopes to achieve any finality before bordering on grey-headedness ! Tukekohe, July 28,1921. E. Oliver.