ISLAND BAY

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3184, 7 September 1917, Page 7

ISLAND BAY

IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE TO .Recently the Outlying Districts Comnnttee or the City Council -,vas waited en by- a deputation from-.the Island Bay asked:-(!) 1 hat closer supervision, be given, to tho Island Bay beWU; (2> that WW *.W 'juid fishing-lines and nets be prohibited on the beach ;J3) that inoreas. ea bathing accommodation bo p-nvidea Z I™ , ?. 011 Wi ty they also' refer- %&%&%££ **"*-«* A sub-committee was appointed to visit the By, and such, committee submitted tlie lollowing recommendations for the consideration of the committee :— .M Coser Supervision of the Beach.— mat the Uty Engineer bo instiucted to arrange for his employees in tile district to visit the beach as-much/as possible, and see that it is kept as. clean as possible, and to keep a strict watch out for broken bottles, ■ glass, etc., also that certain notices be oreoted. Eβ Washing on Beach.—That the Electors Association be informed that the portion of the beach upon which washing is hung ouf to dry is not controlled by the council. T

Re_Landmg-place, Fishermen's Nete, and xfoats.-TTiat the City Engineer be instructed to prepare a schemo lor tho construction of a fishing landing-place at the area known as "Fishermen's Creek,' for tho construction of a slipway for storing the fishermen's boats, and 'generally for the reservation of an area for the purposo of establishing tho hshing industry on a commercial bnsis, and also frame such regulations for the control of the landing-place, sljpaivay, and iiroa when constructed or set apart, andgenerally for tho puriwse of confining the- fishing trade to the special area, rhis report will require to bo presented alter collaboration with tho officers of tho Public Works Department. That if the iishormen use 'the beach_ for a "drag" when the operation is completed, their boats and nets, must bo placed in tlie special .area;

Additional Women's Bathing Accommodation.—That tho Electors' Association bo informed that it is understood that tho question of providing additional bathing accommodation on tlie bench for women need not now bo considered.

'ITTo committee's recommendations were adopted. '