WAR OF BEACHES
MANLY AND BONDI
The war of the beaches it on again, says the Sydney ".Daily .Telegraph .'\ Manly fired the first broadside when the" council was informed of plans for a Tinge new swimming pool on the harbour beach, 400 yards long. , The pool will extend eastwards from the Manly passenger wharf to v point adjacent to Fairlight Pool, and the scheme provides for the erection of a platform 12 feet wide around the enclosure—which will be gharkproof—providing accommodation for 20,000 spectators. There will be numerous springboards, diving towers, pontoons, and continental devices for the amusement of patrons, and a special system of flood lights will permit of night bathing. Alderman G. Fawkner told the council that plans for the pool would be presented for approval at their next meeting. The scheme, if approved o£ by tho Harbour Trust, would be financed and carried out by the Port Jackson Ferry Company. "Unless we do something to liven up the place," ho declared, "Coogcc and Bondi will put it all over us."
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 86, 8 October 1931, Page 13
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173WAR OF BEACHES Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 86, 8 October 1931, Page 13
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