To the Editor of the "Nonri-Cinwa Day News, 'Sm—Your story in this mopning's Paper was both interesting and amusing. but now permit me to tell one, 'There was a British colony not. many days" journey from here, whose Public services, trams and' buses were very antiquated and in self-defence all those who could, purchased a motor-car, the most per capita to the upkeep of the roads, though "that point is perhaps best left out of this discussion. 'The fact remains that the resttictions will undoubtedly make things more dimeult for motorists, whether or not they will Increase the congestion in public vehicles. (That it will be easier for ladies to' go shopping is not, to my mind, a happy point)..
Tt must surely Be misguided to restrict the facilities of private motor transport unless there are adequate alternatives, as there are in London: and it is my honest opinion that the local police scheme Is a very poor tone which will not do any appre-lable good as it stands at present But I realise that this is merely a personal opinion, pitted against those of men whom we are entitled to call experts.
None the less, T appeal to you, Sir, instead of putting the weight of your expressed opinion (if 1 may say' 80) blindly behind the authorities, to show in your columns what actual benelt the, restrictions will confer on any rt from rickshaw ing of some consideration, but not all of 1), and how the motoring public can benefit in any way commer surate with the inconvenience which now appears inevitable, Why do you not advocate the placing of @ time limit on. this Scheme, merely rewarding it as an. experiment? If, after three month: oF go, it is found that the police ar Fight and your correspondents wrong, it can be confirmed: if otherwise, abolished, leaving no one much the worse, As things stand at present It seems es though, even if the scheme it] does not prove a success, it will take considerable value' to motorists in saving of time, loss from stopping ud starting and. in making their task of driving easier and more free from risks, There are many ways in_which
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