At the Seaside.

Manawatu Herald, 13 October 1898, Page 2

At the Seaside.

We trust that the owners of the hotipps at the Wharanci will meet with proper reward, as they deserve to. The dwellings are however for families', and therefore, as yet, no proposal has been made for housing the unfortunate bachelor. If the alteration is made in the railway timetable, and accommodation is provided for single men, we think that many would avail themselves of tho opportunity of spending a Saturday night, and all day Sunday on the sea beach. The mpeting of [ this requirement appears simple enough and also not costly, and it wnnld only be taking a leaf out of the book of experience gained in England. There now it U a custom to make excursions up the Thames and tributary rivers and camp out, and on the Thames parties form, what rtp called, permanent camps, that is, fir the season. These perrmnenfc Rfim^ are just the thing for tho opa beach, and merely want a handy man to make the thing thoroughly attractive. The camps aro formed with the ordinary contract tents with the side walls three fppt high-, and are provided with the Inxnrv of a rough wonden floor. ThR tent.H have large flies coining well over the front. It will be at nnce. rpgh that a few of thpss could bp ppf. np and floored cheaply enough and with camp furniture should command a rent that would well repay all trouble. An eight by ten tent wnnld house four tenants, and the owner would easily put up a breakwind that would make them very comfortable quarters. Supposing aovone thought of giving effect to this suggestion we think he should also provide a fair sized tent for a common Hying room a* well ag a cookhouse of rough timber, nnd most probably he could turn an honest penny toy providing for the visitors. These things want doing with judgment and there is also an amount of taste to be pbown in their arrangement, but until the place has had a trial we believe the idea of dwelling under canvas for a day or two would prove very tempting to our

visitor*, when the trouble of erecting the tent is already avoided. To all the rpening up of tne river and beach should be a source of pleasure and w>) believe it is only from no person undertaking the start that so little li is been done. There should be but? sent up by train to th% Ot'ouii Bridge for Palmerston people to row down to Foxton, with a tent and p raphernalia in it so that they could cimp out on Saturday nights. HOWI V 3L 1 all these matters will have to be well ventilated when the new commtfcee gets to work. We would howev.T ask all to consider what other steps can be taken to secure the use of the rirer and beach by visitors, and we can fairly recommend to those who are not too busy to think whether some of these openings night not be used as a means of profit to themselves.