Deputation to Town Board.

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 66, 28 November 1913, Page 2

Deputation to Town Board.

PUBLIC RECREATION GROUND & SWIMMING BATHS. In addition to those who are nuunbers of h >th bodies, Messrs T. Black, A. H. Geary. W. Jolly and K. A. Jones waited on the • ing the question of the c instruction a public swimming bath. Tiie chairman of the School Committee, (Mr J. Elliot) after thanking the Town Board for meeting the members of the Sch -1(. mputtee, stated that as a result several drowning ac- • li. os liave been lost, the attention of his committee had been called to the urgent necessity f placing swimming for :h boys and girls on the school curriculum. Almost every year fatal accidents occured, and these, he though;, c raid be prevented if there were provided facilities for teaching swimming. To do so a public swimming bath seemed to be necessary, and i was for this p *p - tee -sought the advi e and assistance of the Town Board. From a hygienic as well as from a utih.arian point of view, a swimming hath would prove an important and useful institution, while the provision at the various places favoured by bathers of i; i e:: j > •ns iv e life-siv inga ppa rat u s :nig prove an effective means of saving life. With the history of recent a u i leots before them, the Sch 1 C mmittee was ua r:i----i that in the interes’.s of the >Ui dren it was their d to d 1 that could be done in this direction. With this mi I fined the ques- • wn a suite.hie public recreation ground. . B l (Mr [a • 1 annou need a ; scheme whereby such might be the j * of Huntly. Hew. ware that both matters • ■ • ie support of, the members of the ! Town Baard, *ll of whom had ; ihe in tv rests of the residents at VI - B .iley in welcoming the | dcpu'mt mn stated that any s t.eme which made for improvement of existing c mditions was • the Board. Like others he had ftkfl ’- ig a • eldents. and was in sympathy with • any scheme that would tend to He believed that every child should be taught to swim, and ; holding th it belief he would do all he could to support the efforts of the School Committee. To pro uro a site suitable for baths w '' the first desideratum, sb: t JoMdeJ up >n the rest v.>ulc! : sturallv fallow. He was • t i :>n th the importance of sccuri l ! : ground that w old sub--erve.di purposes T recreation • ! r v - ex iggerated. The ex ten ling rapi Uy. and > -i» v r : . a ring a suit- :• :t h a fP would ; have to be fa red. He would be i present. Messrs L. B. Harris and R I Greenwell expressed their syiiii pathy with the movement and promised to support any scheme • pur- - ; tion. Mr Geary expressed himself m favour of constructing a swimming pond in the channel between the i~!and aud the bank ! almost, opposite Messrs Green tnd C rook’s *re. That would form an idea! place, but he could foresee some difficulty in ■ At th * request >f the chairman lof the cho >1 committe Mr F. Harris stated that the ground between Glasgow and Onslow streets and Lake Hakanoa i would make an ideal recreation i ground. There was an area of fr 10 to 12 aor of cmp tra- • . I ad* I mirably subserve all purposes of j recreation. At present the l ground in question might be somewhat damp, but he had no 1 doubt tk.. . an inexpensive scheme ! could be formulated whereby the I lake could he lowered and the j land drained. Mr Horwood was of opinion ! Iliad a joint committee of both i bodies sh mid visit the various | sites mentioned and report to a After >me discussion Mr Bailey moved, ” That ali present form a committee -which should go fully into the question of securing a r creation ground and a site for swimming baths." Seconded by Mr Greenwell, the m tion was carried nem con. it i in:ttec* i; * i uf th Board’s office • 2 p.m., when the various sUes could be t r wn close.