A CRY FROM THE BEACH.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 2, Issue 127, 5 October 1877, Page 2

A CRY FROM THE BEACH.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE AKAROA MAIL. Sir, —Will you aid me in suggesting to the powers that be,' that Akaroa sadly wants a few steps in the right direction— leading off the shore opposite LeProu's. Mothers and nurses cannot guide young children over the rough stones of the water course; and, in fact, what was once a pleasant walk across from one end of the town to the other, along the shore, is now almost a cul de sac ; moreover, the stones of the sea wall thereabouts, are being loosened by children of a larger growth scrambling np and down. I would also venture to add, how much more the beauty of our little stretch of beach would be apprei'iutecl if a few seats could be placed here and .there, at high water mark, say opposite ■ O'Reilly's and below the school house, for the comfort of invalids and

weary pedestrians. The seats might be made of the rough limbs and elbows of tree?, such in fact, as one sees at every little English watering' place, wherever it is possible to place one* They would look picturesque..and would present no smooth surface for the dnggril lines and illustrious initials of young John Biill. The cost would lie trilling indeed compared with the boon conferred, tni the town, and I should imagine the material might be procured without the. necessity of a shipment from Dunedin ; indeed it is wildly possible that some amiable owner of a bullock team might ssnd down the wood gratis, and if, in addition, some equally amiable fathers o£ families would institute, a sort of " Bee," and give a day's work for the love of their country, why it would be quite a beautiful example oC that hearty volunteer spirit which renders Akaroa to remarkable.

We really want in addition to our lovely domain some bench attraction for visitors, especially as it is now well understood that our Executive is suffering from chronic hydrophobia in connection with sea water. I am, Sir, Yours respectfully, MATBItFAMiLIAS. Akaroa, 2nd October.