PRESERVATION OF BEACHES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 568, 24 July 1909, Page 10

PRESERVATION OF BEACHES.

: Sir,—l' noto in your issue of-the, 17th -ijipt. correspondent"-" X "--refers 1 . •.&•? the ■ -possible destruction of Potone beach as a recreation ground by a reclamation scheme, and to the desirability of the" Scenery Preservation ■ Society keeping ah' .dyo' on .such mattors. ■I. think. "X has hit'the nail on tho head;, it seems to be a natural disease, which our city fathers and local bodies; that desire for destroying and mutilating our best and most beautiful of pleasuro grounds, the beaches; and .who.is thero .'amongst all the inhabitants ofvPcrfio'nc who does not regard tho 'Petone beach as the' finest recreation ground'of them all, and,.. is moro. Ijo, tho point, it is. free to is ho charge for admission. 1 Di ot! b'r oountries' a ' stretch of beach, is looked ujl jn as one of thdvory best :'asfets a town.; lan possess, and the authorities hare a gieat deal more sense than to attempt any sihetnes or 'reclamation ;" and that in great,,numbers of casesi where, the extent of available land for .building and other, purposes. is very;limited indeed. 'Petone people are,, however, now realising. tho fact that unless thoy make some move in the matter _ and : assert their authority, i their boach will bo filched froin'-thehf forv privateenterprises. For/ the •; purpose . of-, .conserving their rights,'' an 'assbciation'\ha's: been', forhiea in Pctono to try to get the 1 Borough 'Council to' italiia" steps to,';haye''th'e' ; reserved as a recreation ground for .the -use-.of tlio.pcoplo. X am, etc., . . ' ' YOUNG PETONE

July 19, 1909. . -