NAPIER FORESHORE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 34, 24 February 1937, Page 6

NAPIER FORESHORE

Mr J. S. Barton Delighted at Development 0RIGINAT0R OF SCHEME Genuine deligut at the manner iu ^ which the civic autfiorities of iNapxer have extencle.d the garden, idea ou the Marino lJarade foreijuoie was expressec. yesteiday uy Mr J. fcj. joarieii, managiug-diiector of the New Zeaianu invesimuut Trust, who was one oi ino two commissioners appomted by ino Government to controi tlie aesLnies o± 1\ apier durmg tne renaoilitaiion poi .ua following tno J.931 eartliqaaiie. tvas Mr Barton who first peioeived that iu its foreshore ISapier had a vaiuable asoct, and ever smce tne first gurclcn piot was dug over five yeais ago ne nas tahen a xeen interesi in .the progress made by the isapier Borougn Bouucii. * "X am delighted to see how thc originai lUea oi loreshore iuiprovehieni has ueveiope.cL," he toid a reporter. " We had a iittle knot of about six l'arseeing men with some visiou in the days following the earthquake, aud wnen thiugs looked hopeless and the project seemed impossibie tney worked long hours. Now they have got whai they dreamed about. "Napier ia the one town in' New Zealand that has features quite distinetive," Mr Barton added, "i'm quite sure the development of the Marino Parade is one of the best assets the town has. I was in Austraiia and the Diitch East Indies last year, and soverai timea people, knowing that 1 came from New Ze&jand, told me that they had been advised not .to miss Napier if .ever they took a trip to New Zealand. "It is my opinion that this geheration in Napier has only started what the next generation will complete. In the future years I expect the Marine Parade garden scheme will extend almost to the Breakwater and far along the beach in a southerly direction." So far as the Tom Parker Fountain was concerned, Mr Barton was loud i,n his praises of it and of the generosity of Mr Parker. He said he had seen similar fountains in Spain and Batavia, and he thought it delightful to come back and see such a fountain in Napier, made available through the generosity of a public-minded citizen.