ACCOMMODATION AT DAY'S BAY

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2375, 3 February 1915, Page 3

ACCOMMODATION AT DAY'S BAY

Sir, Might I point out to vour cor-1 respondent, "Visitor," that it would » a £ n ' e " if lie bad studied another side or the question before making rash as- 1 sertioiiK that the position of the present ferrv wharf is an inconvenient one? i Surely he does not.imagine that there are no permanent residents on the eastern side of the harbour, or that even if there were they would want to tin landed at an ont-of-the-wav plane like, Clyde Quay or the Taranaki Street reelamation. I" first place, let me inform him that there is a large and increasing permanent population in Eastbourne, and Day's Bay. Secondly, the ferry boats are ownerl by the Eastbourne BorougL Council, and the service is run primarily for th<i benefit of the ratepayers and residents in that hnroucrh. who have alnne undertaken this he.r.-v responsibility, nntl who, in the event,' of the undertaking nrovine a financial failure, will have to bear the cost. Thirdly, the present situation of the wharf is the most convenient for the droater number of residents (inclndin" a larne number of Government, officials and Civil Servants), who travel to town every day to business, winter and summer. and in all weathers. Anyhow, the situation ot the Ferrv Wharf is not likely to be altered, though perhaps the Queen's Wharf iri<:bt. even more central, aiM T think if "Visitor" were to take a walk sav from the Government TCuildings or the Post. Office to Clyde Onav 011 a cold dark •Time night, with j>. howling southerly flowing, and the rain coming down La

buckets, he might feel inclined to alter his opinion.—I am, etc., WALLACE It. 0. MACPHERSON. Eastbourne, February 2, IUIS.