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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 25. No. 12. 1962

[introduction]

A student has been fined £2 for parking offences. This followed a series of "tickets" issued when his car was found in a non-parking area. Other students have been summoned before the Vice-Chancellor.

'It's bad," said Dr Williams. "One hell of a problem," moaned a student. Several people have been up before the Vice-Chancellor over repeated rule-breaking when parking their vehicles.

Williams said that he had to enforce the rules, especially as the situation was growing worse.

"I don't like doing it," he continued, "but in the present situation it is the only solution."

Students are proud of their scars of battle, said one scooter-owner: "I've got two notices to my credit." Another: "Of course I've had notices!" On enquiry however, few students had any serious complaints. They complained about having not enough room to park but had no Ideas towards improving the situation.

Although the Vice-Chancellor said that attempts had been made to share the burden, the recent increase in strictly staff parking could only be assumed by the reporter to be for reasons of staff precedence. This will not be argued with by most; though one student said: "Let them (the staff) walk—they can afford to."