BESIDE THE BLUE STRAIT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 725, 26 January 1910, Page 7

BESIDE THE BLUE STRAIT.

WORDS BY TUB MAYOR. /Ci tizens;' generally look - upon 'Lyall Bay ,as a pleasUro ground,; and. as stich as .they enjoy;it, _butf his Worshipi the Mayor, who is;a. medical'man,' looks upon the bay as ■being still '.'more. valuable, health resort. , ' V "look '.at.-' the-' map,'.' .'Said Dr. Newman to', a DoiiiNidN reporter yesterday,when ' discussing <.; tho bay. - "Lyall Bay is ; the .most southerly'■ watering place in the North'lsland, and -in summer it is*, the coolcst of -.all'.tho Noftli Island watering places,Vand its summer breezes are the , most /invigorating,. -.Li. the'.'hot... summer are; jaded ./by; ' the hcoifc .of 'Auckland, Poverty Bay,, Ilawkc's Bay,. Wairarapa, ;Mariawatu, and Rangitikei/.what a tonio a . fortnight'spent at Lyall .-Bay would be "to them.,: How, quickly ;tlie Cook Strait, : breezes wbuld'put'new' vigour into' them. Even .'on'' : the hottestsummer; day'Lyall Bay-isj cool-ffor, the /.air., in.; Coot; Strait isalmost'..always; movine.' ■ Therefore, .for, ; people.recovering from long illnesses, ' for 'people.-.who. haveS been' indulging in the fashionable amusement of .'undergoing-an operationi'i.Lyall Bay /will' give the 'pick-, rac-up' needed. • ,; • ■ *

;• . "Agam,V; look-' .what: a. ; boon . Lyall Bay will 'be' to', crowds of -people in. Wellington who cannot .afford the ihino .or-, expenso of, an ordinary fortnight; br /threo weeks'rat ;the. ; seaside—they:; can 1 get it at tho; bay. so, cheaply.A Suppose.; a .man,' woman, ,or 6hild, needs';new :and .invigorating air, he of she can probably manage to go out ; during,: the summery every,: Wednesday or Saturday on . Sunday afternoon. If they pui-su'e .this practice .regularly. in 'and summer, and count it up, they will get' their three' weeks at ' the seaside,,', without ; , leaving home. ,

If peoplo' do not care' to,,bathe,, they cani get great; good ; by ;running; .about; barefooted, jind',paddling in the creaming waves, especiallyso',-'if - they go*. .barelegged find . bare-headed, allowing 'the .play freely, ;on their bodies. : The bay—Wellington's Golden the most valuable health asset that the city' possesses. Prom,'a; purely s mer6enory—jpotinds,; shillings and-pence—point of view, 'Welling-' ton ; must push tho ibay.'Alt. will pay the Wellington Corporation handsomely to develop,, . continued;X Dei Newman, who'pointed out what has been done at Brighton, ', ; Scarborough, - •, Eastbourne, Bournemouth;., Blackpool, ',' etc. ; Several ;British; seasideUtown corporntions.spend large sums, yearly in Advertising the 'at-' of .their . watering-places..;' One town strikes a 2d; rate—to bo: spent ,in 'advertising—and".it pays' tho ' ratepapers handsomely. • _ The Mayor, pointed- out further tliat . Wellington has .'a "season": in ' the winter when. Parliament ;is. sitting,: and,'. that :when local seaside resorts are: better developed; /so - many ! visitors . will be' attracted,, that we will have a ."secondsummor season." ■ .

. _Tho corporation owns Aa . reserve.: of: ' eight' .acres, of:, land,'l 'sandliiils, running down to the shore—on' the • Mifamar, side of the- Lyall Pay-tramway: line, and it'has' )jeen suggested, that ! on the seaward' front of this .tents might -bo pitched during the summer months to enable invalids' to . receive tho 'benefit'.of' tho sea .air,: .At some watering-places abroad a largo tent inarqueo is erected,■' which will ;hold several pationts. vand a .nurse .-is put in charge. In this way, at. a minimum cost, pationts breathe • the sea airs day - and' night

concluded the . Mayor, ..will in time become as valuable a health resort as Kotbrua-rcatering.for a'different class of invalids. . Its, nearness .to: WplluiKtbn, the fresh .coolness of its spring and summer breezes, Wust make it a most valuable national asset :It-..wi1l ibe. the greatest, watering-place, in i New Zealand—. .because, of its climato." •