A RUBBISH DUMP.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 935, 30 September 1910, Page 9

A RUBBISH DUMP.

KIEBIBNIE RECREATION GROUND. • Reserve,-has' bwn,'to . quote "of; thelocal \ Ratepayers'-: Association; long; constant, and burning question'; the allocation/of,! ,£2OOO, ■ borrowed: specifically,, for'ithe . purposes of .improvement io , these .grounds i .was;! diverted to' other; channels.' This injustice .was asked to",be converted,.:' 1 and the matter,' was . repeatedly .brought. before 'the; council, the: committee', : ! th"at' the sum; of .<£2ooo. should be:, spent. in' partly, placing a concrete wall . on;, tho' seaw.ard.i. side, of ■ the.- reserve., as a . com-', mencement of ..tho. reclamation from;- the. Wellington ; HarbourJ-,B<Safd-xa' v concession : which' expires iti.1913/.. Nothing has /beenjd'oneJe'x'cept ! to attempt 'tho'.raisf': ing; of.. a.- loaii'. of ; j620,000 J ;for. i reclamation' purposes the. reserve, ac-■ cording ,t'o-plans'prepared' by..the,city' en-" gineer;'.-' 1 The ratepayers rejeoted'vthe loan, proposal.. . '-.' • -rV/'-'V'V .Constant and consistent agitation, urj*ed the committee,, should bo the' active.policy of the association .in'.' regard to this mat; .ter, as';itiwas''considered ■that tho Harbour Board concession" will bq. renewed.", '. Thecommittee,.) in tho imean-' time;:.had ■ succeeded/ in getting -'an: 'ob-V jectionable .. and. wretchedly . "insanitary. ■ open .-drain diverted; from the: reserve ' to : ,tho . : ( main,.road,/water had. been jaiid on,-' and' a'few-.Malß'placed'ili\positioii,; whilo the levelling and graissing : of . the grounds, and the" erection of conveniences was sufficiently. advanced to afford some'idea of the;'vast: improvement';, capable, of'; being' ultimately,, effected Upon" what . wasning to be known as "tho council's dump- 1| ing ground : for all "sorts of rubbish.":- :,;.-' ;l