LOOSE METAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20074, 11 October 1928, Page 14

LOOSE METAL.

Sir,—Some few days ago it befell our lot to sojourn into that fair town of tho North called Helensville. For a matter of ten miles or so one was oblivious of the fact that one travelled in a car; rather did one feel as must a bird on (he wing. After this, one became awakened and wondered if one were not in Ireland's sunny clime aboard a jolting car. From this our journey was over miles of loose metal, cast upon the road, so one would imagine, in a manner similar (o that in which the farmer sows his crops. On several occasions, slow though nnr progress was, the car literally swung from back to front, until, finally it appeared to be rather tired of plodding through this sea of loose metal in the orthodox manner and made an attempt to travel in a manner quite contrary to that for which it was designed. It finally did capsize, and had we been travelling at a pace other than that fitting for a funeral procession, your paper would not be granting us the favour of inserting this epistle. Now that summer is fast approaching and traffic on the road will be greatly increased, we think that the. "powers that he" should give this matter their immediate attention and so avert tragedies which undoubtedly await the unwary motorists who choose to frequent these roads. Their present state is certainly nothing but a source of great danger, in fact a death trap to him who wangles the wheel. R. Colebkook.