The White Ribbon. “For God, and Home, and Humanity.” WELLINGTON, JUNE 18, 1926. LISTENING IN.

White Ribbon, Volume 32, Issue 372, 18 June 1926, Page 6

The White Ribbon. “For God, and Home, and Humanity.” WELLINGTON, JUNE 18, 1926. LISTENING IN.

TRANSPORT DIFFICULTIES. Say, have you seen the new Bus Regulations? No! what about them? Do they affect us? Rather! why you’ll have to pay 2d. extra every time you ride in a bus instead of a tram. Who says so? The Government have issued regulations which say so. But what has the Government got to do with it? If they put 2d. extra upon me to ride, wh> that is a tax and only Parliament impose taxes. Well, this is a matter of urgency, and so can be dealt with by Order in Council! Matter of Urgency! What nonsense! Parliament is to meeting a few' days, why couldn’t it wait until then?

Search me, I don’t know! Ask Coates? I suppose to safeguard the tram monopoly is urgent! But will they make the Council put on enough cars to carry all the people?

There is nothing about that in the regulations. Last night, coming home from work three trams passed me, too full to stop, so 1 took a bus. Well, if you take a bus now, you’ll have to pay 2d. extra. What daylight robbery. I’ll ring up our M.P. and tell him to get busy and do his work. What’s the good of spending hundreds of pounds on M.P’s., then being governed by Order-in-Council?