OUR READERS SAY:

Waikato Independent, Volume XL, Issue 3669, 17 February 1940, Page 4

OUR READERS SAY:

MORNING DUST (To the Editor). Sir, Your correspondent in Thursday’s Independent, “Pulmonary,” gave a wise and gentle hint to those who sweep the footpaths in front of their shops each morning, when he suggested that the use of a little water would remove an unpleasant dust nuisance. I agreed with the sentiment and it was pleasing the next morning to see the number of people who had adopted the suggestion. No doubt the remainder will soon fall into line. Yours, etc., HAY FEVER. CYCLISTS ON FOOTPATHS (To the Editor). Sir, When I was a small boy and occasionally rode my bicycle along the footpath of some back street, it was with fear and trembling lest I was caught. The position does not seem the same todays judging by the number of lads who cycle on the footpaths. They have no apparent fears of being apprehended and ride just as blissfully on the path of the main business area as any back street. It is really a very serious matter, as a cyclist on the footpath can. be a grave source of danger, particularly to people coming out of gateways. I have seen, too, young cyclists “cleverly” brush past elderly people on the footpath, giving them quite a start. The time has arrived for some of these offenders to be made an example of, so that footpaths may be kept exclusively for pedestrians, as they have been intended. Yours, etc., SAFETY. POWER BOARD FATALITY (To the Editor). Sir, . I have read the evidence submitted at the Coroner’s inquest. That so little detail is contained in the various statements calls for comment. The main contention, by the various officials is that the safety-belt was not in use. Was it possible to use the belt in the position occupied by the linesman effecting repairs? What was the nature of the repair work? These have a definite bearing and carry, much weight and should have been referred to in evidence. Further, the line was assumed to be “dead,” yet the foreman applied methods of artificial respiration as is used in cases of electric shock. What does this indicate? It is a matter for regret that so much is withheld, that would go far to minimise these unfortunate happenings. This should not be. Yours, etc., “EXPERIENCED.”