CARGILL CORNER TRAMS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27259, 9 December 1949, Page 9

CARGILL CORNER TRAMS

Sir, —Is it possible for the Hillside .workers to get some consideration concerning the trams from Cargill corner? I, like many of my workmates, work at the extreme end of the workshops and am unfortunately on the Port Chalmers line. On “ clocking out,” we have to make one mad dash to Cargill corner and, if lucky, just catch the Castle street tram exhausted, to enable us to catch the 4.48 p.m. train..' I did my usual wild dash on Monday, December 5, and arrived at the corner to find all the trams gone, even the big special, leaving everybody behind. It appears to me that the men in charge of the trams are leaving before their time, consequently I missed my train and had to wait on the station for half an hour. What about putting the timetable back a couple of minutes, or even assure that the trams leave on time, so as to enable us to do our nightly running exercise.—l am. etc.. Out of Breath.

“ OUR TOWN ” AT OAMARU Sir, —So, ” Disgusted,” you are setting yourself up as Oamaru’s drama critic! It is obvious to one who has heard literally hundreds of opinions regarding Oamaru’s production of ” Our Town ” that you know little or nothing about drama. If you did, your criticism would be intelligent and constructive, not childish and biased. I wonder what pleasure you get from perverting the truth so that many who did not see " Our Town ” will read your superficial comments unaware that this play was the least “ amateur" production staged by an Oamaru club. Members of another society went out of their way to commend the " opposition’s ” presentation; persons of importance in New Zealand's dramatic sphere, who have seen “ Our Town ” in centres offering far more in choice of casting according to experience, thought it worth while to go backstage and congratulate producer and cdst; these same persons—qualified to be highly critical —stated that this “ Our Town ” was one of the best, and in several cases, the best, productions they had seen. ” Our Town ” is a play of great depth, and people all over the world who are intelligent enough to interpret its story cannot reconcile themselves to approval or liking of its controversial ideas, but only a narrow, prejudiced person would allow his opinion of the play to affect his opinion of the general presentation. 1 know how producer and cast worked to make the play of a high standard. You sound too much like an all too prevalent Oamaruvian type to find sympathy with those of us who hope that someday Oamaru will become a fair-minded town. I don’t think any promising young player of the cast will be disheartened by those of the calibre of “ Disgusted.”—l am, etc., Emily.