PARLIAMENT GROUNDS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1469, 18 June 1912, Page 4

PARLIAMENT GROUNDS.

A MIXISTEHiAI. STATI'MKXT,

s liassbcoii •provoked =;■?>>;'- : t li.*3_i.-;i(ec9ii J of/itliV'-Public orksVlJe'pariment' in'fhe grounds' of old ''Voyflrmii'ciit'Hd.iiso'does.not icem'to.huvc ...'gyeutlyj.limpß'fsccr.Mlie-ni'oir.' '.'■W; : !).■■■ S. clincclona!d\(MiiiistcrVfor;.,rublic.-Work>l. .diuervicwedloiivtlio.fsubicct'. vostb'rdav, he idHncdiithat;.t)H)teriiicisiii in Vjitesttoii was *ni::nny,wayf justified"? *'L'hc- site, he remark-'-for.-the-:'reception :oi.-..t!io}i!eiv:iPi\rliniiicnt;;:Huildiiigs ) ■ and ■l.liisjcould'j'iiot bo...doinvwil.lioiit'sonic dis-'turb'aiico.-of.th'otgiivdcnsV All (lie valuable ..shnibstakeiiuiV had-beencarefully saved ? .ioii-foi'.voplaiilmg..i.]iis , portion-nf the work' i >ang;fiiiiierv!sedi'b.v';tlio-.lisad gardener at U'h.o";!local-.Botanical*Gardens'. n .;Uanv i.f ;lliß;:,trcesJwJii'c.lK ; liad;..lMC!i cut' dowivMr. : Mnedoriald;:J(idricd^.wero-». macrocarpas, : "n'.liniited time, and 'ijvronldiliavPiihaTl .toibe'eukdown before lmg ;i!i'.;any';cacV;P'lle:: w'as-'satisfied that.when lepianting ; :hadftbe'.eii : : ::cai'i'ied~'but, ; everybody.;, in AVcl-nington-bvouldfbo'.satisfied. ..A good' deal vpf.;SppiKsiill ; 'hadlto. 1»3. removal, ' but :tlie.'''grounds'would., be more .' beautifnl.-.'tli.inC*verw.--Air the'top soil was 'being';sayedi';';nnd : ;w6uldjbe replaced, and ~rbp!nnHng:-;.would'.'uV carried -.out' with as : " littlo del a y.! as' ti ps s i.bl e:■ ■ ■ When the grounds state, a line ,yie«--;.. ofv.the'nbw, : . buildings would be obyiiiie'd/froiiv:.allissides.';ißroad walks'' and shrubberies ' would rsoonU'eplace.the'preseht'disorder..The new driyesy.the^Minister?remarked,.would have 'a' gra'de;'aiV:'th-si'sfcjcpest places, of one in some •of the., np';proXchVi.':.th'iit'Airo',l3ciiig done owoy; with iiad'iHJgradoJ : 6f;;6ho; in-' eight.::; Tho' un-sightly';iyqrf\;feneo,!W-hiclu now,, stands at 'tlie '■ , stre , b'f'. , .lJo.uiKlar'y-i i i'f. tho ground? will .lift If 'aiiyrj'fehco is. considered npccssni;j: : ~'. it.->yil!;be; : ' of:.the open, oina-nVeiital'-v:arleTj::t;Poisibiy(' the ..Minister' stated* a. low lcerbiiiginiight; serve, in lieu' of jviciiceV ' 'S"' ; f s iffl<".'..