OBJECTION TO SIGNS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 24, 24 December 1932, Page 4

OBJECTION TO SIGNS.

AUCKLAND MAYOR’S PROTEST. AUCKLAND, Dec. 23. A protest against the painting of two large advertising signs upon the inward goods shed adjoining the Auckland railway station has been telegraphed to the Railway Board by the Mayor of Auckland, Mr G. W. Hutchinson. The goods shed, a concrete and steel structure faced with brick to harmonise with the main station building, has a suspended verandah along the whole length of each side, and from the edge of each verandah hangs a wooden screen. Signs composed of very large and bright-coloured letters are now being painted to cover practically the whole of both screens. The Mayor, who observed the signs on his return from 'Wellington, sent the following telegram to the board: “I respectfully draw attention to the fact that the railway goods shed adjoining the Auckland railway station is being painted on both sides with advertising signs. Can you indicate to what extent this policy is to be fol-

lowed, and whether the station building itself is to be used for that purpose ?” Discussing the matter later, Mr Hutchison said that the City Council protested some time ago against the painting of a sign upon the girder of the overhead bridge just south of the station, but without success. It had since failed to obtain from the Railway Board any definite undertaking that when the contract expired it would not be repainted, or even that the council would be consulted when that time arrived. “The signs on the goods shed are much larger and more objectionable than the one on the bridge,” added the Mayor.