SUNDAY TRAINS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19906, 28 September 1926, Page 6

SUNDAY TRAINS.

TO THE EDITOR. Sib,—The article in Saturday’s issue overlooked tho fact that the advent .of the motor bus does away with the plea “that those not possessing motor cars have to stay at home unless Sunday trains are run.’' The only difference now is that employees are compelled to work on the trains, while the bus owner is generally his own ‘boss.” Another very mistaken idea is that the Almighty God in whom we live and move and have our being can be insulted with impunity, His commands disobeyed, and promised blessings for obedience ignored. It seems to be a case wjth the writer of your letter of ‘vox populi, vox del,” even in a case of deliberate defiance of His commands. Kipling reminds us of “Nineveh and Tyre,” which are no more because they chose to ignore the Ruler of heaven and earth.—l am. etc., ' G. Stringer. Oamaru, September 27. [Unfortunately, we are unable to see the difference, in principle, between the use of motor buses and the use of trains for Sunday excusions. The question whether Sunday excursions involve disobedience to the law of God is not one on which the argument is entirely on the side taken by our correspondent.— Ed. O.D.T.] GREEN ISLAND BOROUGH AFFAIRS. TO THE EDITOR. Sib, —Some time ago the Green Island Borough Council wisely refused a further license to a by-products company winch was causing a nuisance, the result being that tho company shifted its operations to a neighbouring county. There is another company, operating close to the Burnside railway station, which I think the council would be wise to treat in a similar manner. It is apparent to me that many good residential sites are going begging for buyers all over tho borough, end I have no doubt that many prospective home oiii'-t r-e 1 ■’ avail themselves of the opportunity of erecting homes in an otherwise desirable locality, handy to the city, coupled with moderate lating and cheap railway and bus services. Bui this will not occur until such time ns the council awakens to the fact ■ - factory nuisances are a deterrent to the progress of its borough ami -houJii >.,• wiped off the borough map. I hope that the council will take the hint. —1 am, etc., Bin ion ess.