LAKE ST. JOHN.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 231, 29 September 1928, Page 8

LAKE ST. JOHN.

Your correspondent E. W. -Tates is rffifrv. % when he says "Waiatarua Park belongs to tSi Wpublic." Then why not leave it for the riiißr '" and not for the sole pleasure of the very few 3 fanatics in plus-fours or eights wbote m£' ambition is golf? Waiatarua Park with ib? v 3 lake can be made into the beautj spot of 3 Auckland, and, what is seeded badly, a picnic ground where the city Worke* from crowded streets can bring his family at little ,V >1 cost and enjoy God's own sunshine with plmbr' *§ of room to romp and play, If Jlr. - taken the trouble to observe during last rtm. ti; ' mer, when everything was very dry, he would ifl have noticed that the lake fell fully two feet M below the leVel of the outlet sill and quite a beach round the lake, yet there was'"-: si no lack of water and no island showed up 1 anywhere. Auckland is gifted with many v bfcauty spots, but none with such a beautiful sheet of water. Then why despoil what STatine , s4 -l has provided gratis? Lower the lake two 1 or three feet by all means to facilitate-drain- d age, thereby creating nice, dry level playing grounds, of which we are sorely in need in the: u eastern suburb. Leave Waiatarua Park for the people and let the golfists with their leisure "t and their cars go further afield. We do-iot iT ; want to choke the eels with golf ha»c. WAIPIATA. "!- ——■* r $4 I am sure that it would be a very wise procedure to drain the lake. In its present o-"«> state it is an eyesore, just a stagnant pool, a. \ hotbed of mosquitoes and other nuisances aud . ~ ; surrounded by gorse and scrub, whereas if it. ' was all drained'and cleared it would make an* ' * ideal municipal golf course. Fogs and damp-- ! 4 ness coming from the lake prevent building and 5 the general advancement of the district around % ' it- BOCKS. f 5