TOWN BOARD ELECTION

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 7 September 1916, Page 3

TOWN BOARD ELECTION

TO THE EDITOR I Sir,.— jvow than the Town Board Eleciiou ; i;-: Oj) (land, would you iilicr* -tie lo suggest, to intending canaidiioes riie importance of taking their positions seriously; and not join for the simple honour of being a member of an important public body, but to join for the good they can do to their fellow townsmen, and to advance the welfare of their district. ' There are many important matters worthy of serious consideration, such as lights for the town, for now it is a veritable " Dark Town," and the Postal authorities may be induced to exhibit a light in the posting-box lobby and private letter-box lobby, as at present it is a menace to the public Safety—on a dark night, after 8 or 9 p.m., many people are afraid to enter. Then there is the question of a Central Park or Gardens, where people can go and take a restespecially women and children—and enjoy the delights of the beautiful greenery and flowers of an up-to-date Park. Parakai Gardens are all right, but the town wants something in that way nearer at hand, where visitors can gain that relaxation so much needed by invalids and the weary city-dweller. It is a well-known axiom that the surroundings of the people are reflected in their characters and lives —such as slum-dwellers who are shimmy, and lives spent amid flowers are beautified in character and comeliness. A Central Coffee Palace too, would -be most desirable, if built and conducted with a view to comfort and cleanliness, and reasonable charges.

There is the question of the town water supply. The errors in the past are inexcuseable in a Board, of intelligent men. Any miner would have taken Ms material for the dam up past the Cemetery, and lowered it down to the site of the dam, and saved^ that expensive road up the gully. He would then have carried the water in open cuts or fluming till it reached the top of the spur, probably above the Cemetery, and then laid his pressure pipes, and the water would have had a down-flow right from the dam to all parts.of the town. Had this been done, the second loan would not have been necessary.

The town is worthy of taking its place as one of the Dominion's health resorts, therefore let the new Board see to it, and, if necessary, form us into a Borough and float the necessary loan.—l am, etc., Progress.

Helensville, Sept. 6, 1916.