Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1920. APATHY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2088, 10 February 1920, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1920. APATHY.

LEVIN is out. lo raise £.1,000 by a, great: public effort which lakes place to-morrow. The object is to beautify (he town. The effort Jias been taken up whole-heartedly and with enthusiasm by the community, and there, is u<> doubt (hat the objective aimed at will be reached. What we like about our sister borough is the spirit of unity and enthusiasm which dominates its citizens. Would that: the same spirit was manifest in foxton. If: anything is required locally a few business people are pestered with a subscription list. Take the tire brigade movement, for instance. The Borough Council is prepared to •provide a chemical engine, ami the public is asked to provide housing accommodation and a brigade. This is-only fooling with (he matter. A tire brigade and tire-lighting appliances .should he a straight-out,mu-nicipal undertaking. A short time ago Mr A. S, Easton made a generous donation of an area of land in the heart of the borough us a peace memorial park. Except for the acquisition of a piece of hind giving access (o the properly, nothing further has been done by the public, 'file old cemetery is another piece of waste land that should he taken in baud ami beautified. ' Shall we refer to Victoria Turk, another playground, now a. grazing paddock. The growing popularity of the seaside, a valuable asset to the town, v owes very little to Foxloiiks enterprise. There is plenty to do lo "improve our environment, hut the microbe of apathy seems to have eaten into our very vitals. We would suggest the formation of tv Beautifying Society, to net in conjunction with the Borough Reserves Committee to take these reserves in hand. An effort similar to that organised in Levin would raise sufficient to do something thisyear. There needs to be a shaking up of (the dry bones.