UNDOING WRONGS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18546, 21 August 1928, Page 10

UNDOING WRONGS.

To the Editor. Lear Sir, —Having been a constant suosciiOer to cue star lor trie past tweucy-nve years, l wouid be pieased n you wouiu publish uie loirowiug in xexpect to tins square controversy. I xixxfcAit suare x am a nttie surprised at cue attitude you yourseil nave taxen up in regard to tnis matter. You must xnow tnat tins present Council is trying to undo wrongs tnat previous Councils nave committed, in the

uiht pxace tnere was more squealing when cue stunting German guns were lemoveci than tnere was at the time wnen the Lxodiey statue was sniited. i uea tne previous Councils nave permiueu numerous picture snows to be erected in tne bquare, wnich means the crowding oi tne square at a late hour ui tne mgnt. Wonting people have no po&oiuie ciiance of visiting the piccuies of a day time and on Saturdays d man has quite enough to do round about the house gardening, cleaning up, etc. And if his wife and kiddies u mean children of a reasonable age; .iKe to see a show once a week, they .it m the pictures two to three hours, me conveniences are necessary especially wnere they have to wait ior a car (I mean tramcar). You speak of a ..ingle tracK thiough the Square, i- i.x.cuious. har oetter to shift the

uank of New Zealand and give a better iniet to the Square, or else put

a piece of wire-netting across and make the Square a select parking place. Why, Victoria Square is only a stone’s throw away and the city must go that way. For the population of Christchurch there are far too many conveniences. There is one in front of Cooke’s, and one in the Square.

But putting all jokes aside I agree with you in so far as you advocate proportional.. representation. I know all these little arguments are caused foi political purposes, and I think if we could possibly get the best brains of all parties together, Christchurch and also New Zealand would progress a little better. But here we have one section blocking the other section. It will get us nowhere. Far better to leave the Godley statue where it is, make a decent tram shelter where the Godley .statue should have been left, and con-

centrate on getting a railway station. The pioneers have blundered in the layout of Christchurch. With its present roadways it can never be a modern city, and if it was not for the Avon River, there would be no beauty about it. In conclusion I hope the present Council gets busy with the job.—l am, etc., "KEEP GOING.”