OTHER PEOPLE’S IDEAS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 June 1941, Page 6

OTHER PEOPLE’S IDEAS

LORRY PARKING (To the Editor) Sir,—Your correspondent “There Will Always be a London” convinces me that in his reading of the criticisms voiced through your columns, he has entirely missed the points raised. Let us concede his term “piffle”—it is his idea. When has any correspondent' referred to ‘lthe poor old carrier?” The Transport. Company has its business established in Lincoln Road due primarily to a council granting a facility that is not in the public interest and which is still being allowed by the same council to constitute a public nuisance, not only to residents in this area but to other users of the road. That cannot be denied and the whole of the criticism has been directed against that particular action, not against “the poor old carrier” as your correspondent would have it. Whether “Live and Let Live” has or has not ever had to work for his living is beside the point—he is still entitled to some peace within the precincts of his own home. He is also entitled to protest if his peace is disturbed. And if this nuisance is not in a residential area, will your correspondent give the public a definition of such an area? I fail to see where the absence of healthy criticism on matters affecting the welfare of our town would assist in any way in the winning of the war or even constitute a waste of energy. Rather, such an indication of civic pride in one’s town suggests the right spirit to win. Certainly we have heard sufficient about “parking facilities” and I would invite our Town Clerk to intimate through your paper just what action is intended by our civic authorities to put a stop to a practice which has been allowed far too long. —I am, etc., “TONS OF ENERGY." Masterton, June 26. (To the Editor.)

Sir,—Replying to “There Will Always Bo a London,” I entirely agree with his nom-de-plume. But the question is: Will there always be a Lincoln Road for residents? The noise of German bombs on London surely cannot be 'compared with the noise of the lorries in Lincoln Road. I am sorry that "There Will Always Be a London” considers my letters piffle. I thought they were rather good. The question asked' by me in my letter of the 18th instant regarding the legal rights of the residents is still unanswered —will not some legal gentleman reply? The residents of Lincoln Road did not come and reside alongside an existing nuisance, but the nuisance came and took root in their midst. It is quite evident that something has got to be done, and who is lhe proper authority to do it? Surely the answer is, the Masterton Borough Council, who control the roads. The position as it stands is absolutely dj s . graceful. I now request, crave, beseech the Borough Council to take this matter up immediately.—l am, etc., “LIVE AND LET LIVE.” Masterton, June 26.