"RING OFF WILD BELLS"

Waikato Independent, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3237, 24 November 1934, Page 4

"RING OFF WILD BELLS"

(To the'Editor). iSir, —Isn't it. about time the world campaign .against noise extended to Cambridge? As I write, the inoffen? sive air is being raved..and roared at, shaken and shattered, by a furious bombardment from the Bells of St. Andrew's. , Baby sweet, just soothed to slumber by father's pleasing tenor, wakes up with an affrighted yell. Bawlings within and blarings from without, make that home, for.,.the. next hour or so, a chamber, of horrors—The Bells of St. Andrew's.,

Father and mother just settling down to the rare event, in their busy lives —-a peaceful night, together, at home. A comradely chat.;, a little, radio music; then early to , bed-■ Clang! Clash!! Clatter!!!: \Crash! [ !J Friendly looks ■ turn to frowns., Dad, kicks the cat.; Mother remonstrates somewhat,-. tartly, 'y Dad loses hig out of the house and into his motor-car. Away he goes • at• reckless .pace —anywhere— so long as he puts as much distance as possible, in tmV' 'shortest time possible, between himself and- %h at blizzard of sound—The Bells of St, Andrew's, i~ A lovcf aiitl -'His lass. J He braces td' 0 speak a dcstiriy'-sharArig word. She ox 3: ' pecting it^Tlien 5 that''romance-shatter- ' ing hullabaloo;' Far be it from him to'' roar out the : sacred depths of his pas-'' sion in such a profaned and tumultuous o '' atmosphere. Opportunity passes—perhaps novcrto rethrn. —The Bells of St. Andrew's. The effect of that noise upon folk of a highly strung apd nervous disposition upon the sick, and upon the aged, does not lend itself to humouiv—or attempts at humour. The distant folds of Taupo or Tauranga may be lulled by these sounds. But for those within a radius of 20 miles—-more or less—that reverberating cannonade will have to answer for a lot. ' <

Should not the Society for the Pre-' vention of Cruelty to Animals have something to say on this matter. Surely the dumb creation should not be subjected to such onslaughts without some voice of protest. Or perhaps the farmers will arise en masse. You could not expect any self-respecting cow to yield her quota of milk, or any right-thinking hen to lay a standard- [ sized egg, after such a disturbed night of it. For the•'■'g'dhcrar prosperity and happiness of the town and district—but maybe I'm in danger of slightly exaggerating the evil and had better' ring off. ' • v " It seems unkind to discourage these lusty b<dl-ringers. I'm sure they , are good fellows and mean 1 well. But if they could only expend their energy and enthusiasm in some more useful and less unmclodiOus effort; or, failing that, ring those bells softly—'about once in a blue mooni—Touts, etc., - y ■ BELLOW. •