CORRESPONDENCE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2318, 20 August 1921, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

(To the Editor.)

Sir. —Will you be kind enough to allow me space in your paper for-the following remarks. I have always understood that the rates collected hv the Borough Council were for improvement purposes, but it appears the Council have a right to grant to anyone who asks, permission to cut the turf off the roads inside the borough as it suits them, and by so doing encourage the growth of noxious weeds. Is this fair to ratepayers? The Beautifying Society of Foxton have stripped nearly all the turf off the frontage to my section in Norbiton Road. If noxious weeds should grow where so much turf has been removed, will the Beautifying Society be prepared to have them removed? It is simply making one part of the town unsightly to beautify another part. The Beautifying Society of Foxton must be proud of their action in removing almost all the turf off the frontage of two returned soldiers’ sections in Norbiton Road. Is this the kind of thing we might expect in future? —I am, etc., A RETURNED SOLDIER. [THE Beautifying Society is not responsible for the removal of turf. That is a matter between the Council and contractor. We believe however, that permission was obtained before the turf was removed, and in any ease, there will he no danger of noxious weeds, as the grass is well rooted, and will soon cover the ground from whence the top turf was removed. —Etl.IL]