Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30. 1923. PUBLIC SWIMMING BATHS .

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2652, 30 October 1923, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30. 1923. PUBLIC SWIMMING BATHS .

A AIEETJN’G <>r rnlepayers will bo held on Friday evening next (o discuss ii loan proposal in ooinioolion with (lie conslruclion of public swimming hnllis./ Tlic Comndl has obtained I lie Harbour Board's sanction to a lease of a silo on Hie river foreshore at Iho south end of I lie wharf, bill I here is no security of tenure as the Board slipu-Inl.es that the concession will bo al its pleasure. This raises a vital poinl, \ iz., would I In; Council be, jiislilied, or iis acfioit legal, in expending loan money on a. structure which may have lo bo demolished wilhou! any compensation for Joss in a few years lime ? This appears to us. nparl altogether from public, disapproval of Ihe site, to put Idle loan proposal out id' court so L'ni' as the river bank is concerned. A much boiler proposal for a baths silo is Easlon Park, where I here could bo no iiilciTerciio.o will) the security of lonuro nnd, further, it would add lo the ill l raclivoness of Ibis ccairally-siualed re serve. The <|ues(ion of drain:!: ;■ from l.lio ballis a* lb: -iIo would ! inel at lit lie or ue ops I by a eo - neciion with liio Awnhmi ereek. I: objections lo I hr- river are so apparent, in comparison, Iha I to .Mayor will be well advised to drop his advocacy nl I'm former.