WASTE LAND.
In these days when the city is becoming more and more congested and rates are high it disturbs me to think that there is a large block of valuable land close to the heart of the town which is at present serving no useful purpose. I refer to Albert Park, which is now nothing much more than an encouragement to the hundreds of idlers in Auckland to spend their time loafing on the grass. I fully realise that parks and open spaces are to some extent necessary to the public health, but I think they might very well be laid out on less valuable ground than that at present occupied by Albert Park. To those who have lived in Auckland for any length of time, and who have sunk into the rut of municipal apathy, it may seem strange to suggest that Albert Park has become a white elephant, an expensive luxury; but I feel the time has come for the ratepayers of this city to begin to think seriously of cut» ting it up into building lots and turning it tq some useful purpose. RATEPAYER. ■
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 228, 26 September 1929, Page 6
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188WASTE LAND. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 228, 26 September 1929, Page 6
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