BEAUTIFYING SOCIETY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2314, 11 August 1921, Page 2

BEAUTIFYING SOCIETY.

A commit tee meeting of the Fox

ton Beautifying Society was held on Tuesday afternoon. Present: Messrs Perreau (president), Moorhouse, Trueman, Ilornblow, Poole, C. Symons. It was resolved to turf the slopes of the bill at the old cemeterv, as it was pointed out that there was a danger of the w.ind boring into the bank?-, and doing considerable damage, unless the slopes were protected. A price for

the work was submitted by Messrs Evans Bros., and accepted, the work to he carried out at once, to the satisfaction of the engineer, Mr Murray. It was also resolved not to carry out Mr Black’s scheme in its entirety this year, but to plant the trees in the localities marked on the plan, and hedges on the north and west boundaries, and to leave the paths and garden plots over until next season, in order to

low the ground to settle down

fhe sub-committee was authorised :o spend up to a certain sum to have his work done,

Mr Moorhouse said that a state

lnent showing the amount expended up to dilte on this reserve and Easton Park should be submitted, and the cost of all work to be undertaken should be iir.-t obtained before proceeding with saino.^

It was decided to convene a general meeting at an early date, when a full statement would be submitted. It was the general opinion that alt

cork should he undertaken in a omprehensive way, and that job>ing should be eliminated. .

It was recommended that the Easton Park sub-committee plant a suitably live hedge along the front entrance.