MOTOR-BUSES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19501, 3 December 1926, Page 10

MOTOR-BUSES

Sir,—l am not sure whether the present enforced curtailment of car most excellent motor-bus services in New Zealand does not savour of that spirit that impelled people of a past day to smash up—through lack of foresight—anything that stood Iter advancement and improvement in conditions. Certainly it is being made impossible for the scattered districts outside the town areas to fill up—which they were fast doing—and is also inducing people to" get rid of or leave their homes in those districts, and cluster back to this towns. The vision of now a 30-mirnite tramp night and morning to the station in «'J weathers has proved so unalluriag that I myself have thought it expedient to come right into town, where, fortunately, I need neither trams, trains or buses to get to my daily work, and many others are following my example. It is an extraordinary thing that the .needs of 70,000 and more people should be so disregarded and set at defiance. Surely tha people themselves should have the right to ride in what is most convenient for them, in this free country. One wonders whether private cars and taxis will also be prohibited. Perhaps that day is not far off. Progress.