DAY'S BAY BUSH.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1998, 4 March 1914, Page 6

DAY'S BAY BUSH.

A RESoLtmoJf passed by the (Jitv : Council .yesterday makes it practi- ■ cally certain that the bush . and grounds at Day's Bay : Kill soon be '■ converted into a public- recreation reserve. This an newncsracnt trill give general satr. 1 factjoa, .for it would nave been, a matter for regret if the land had bee-n disposed of in gome other wa.v. with the' result that the public would have been «nt off from the cnjoymcn-i of one of the principal natural beauty spots in the vicinity of Wellington.' It has been recognised for ■sevue years ioast that the existing .sreereation grounds ere not sii&icnt to satisfy the needs of the people, and the amount of btish Scenery within & nsasatmhte distance ©f the city is extrcfti6ly limited', 16 is, thorefore, o.uly n-Miji'el that the possibility i>f Day's should have, atlraetcct a. .good deal of attention, the 'general apinion 1 Lcing that it *ou!d be a great riitfI if the opportunity was iesfc. There were, however, a number of difficulties in the way, but it now appears , that all obstacles will be ovcrcotfie, i and; that the movement to secure the j property will soon be brought to a ! siicoessfiil issue. The deputation whfeh waited on the City Council was in. the happy position of Mne sMo , to announce- that the PitliiE Minister had promised to place £4000 tin the Estimates as tlj.e Government's skwe of the £14,00Q required to cbJijuletc the. bargain. The City C-oiincil was asked to" con* tribute ;£*('"'', nnct if that was agreed to the equitation ttftdMook to find the lvanaihing £8000. The Mayor of Eastbourne has nroKiised a contribution fro-ill that Borough, and genei , -. iiiiH offers of EUionort from citizens havfl befiji secured. ' A most fiiicnuragiHg.beginning- has oertaisly hwn jimdi , , and Ui«ro o>isht to be no sei-i----ousdiflicnlty in bcUirk together ths lull ainonnt jifedcd within a reasoiiable period of time. The City Council proposes to purchase the land outright by adding £4000 to the £m,OOO to be received from fhc Government, and r>l Mr contributors. This tfect-sioii-will have the hearty support of ;t.he citiisftHS, and tlw gentlemen who have taken the matter in hand de< tstto the best thanlts of tfe ■ity for their public-spirited aetia'n

and the btisimjss-like winner in which they have clealfc with the mattor. The complete success rf the movement is now within. tii'eawraWe distance, and it only rqaiaiwfi- for the eifcifesns to show their priteticfil sympiitby and approval Isy making a prompt and liberal response to the appeal for sulvscriptioiis to provide the JEtSOQO whieli tile the deputation which waited t>n tife Government and the City Ooitneil hare undertaken ,t-o niisc.