A RECREATION RESERVE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 274, 23 October 1883, Page 2

A RECREATION RESERVE.

■■■> J >'? (Wbodvillß Examiner.) - { ~ ! Thk question of securing to the \^opdfville .dißtritJt'iai grant/ofr land as Vre--roreation ground, hai been; map v, times i; diacußßed,'ia aits ; ; several bat never brought to,. an issue. It ig ta °great; pityi tbe imatterjhag jjtwea allowed to " drag," as th^ppject is to'the ' future*«mostiaip'ortant, one. Sjojme time ago, ■, application.! was made tp_ t^e Minister of Public "Work* for two sections of 40 and 25 acres respectively to be set apart as reserves for recreation grounds^ and Mr Smith, M.H.R., strongly supported, the application, the result /^pf which wag, that the Minister promised t to give the matter his best consideration,' at the same time refernng^the question to the Waste Lands Board, with are commendation that the request ot the: applicants ehouid be. granted. The app i- ' (Mintsrße^iknpwo^^Jßr^i the-iWoodviUe Road Board /ml whem it was intended 'tOjget.thejjeserif^ i .Rested. The Wajsfe Lands,; ,Bpar(l, however, ' appeared! to thitfk, .that the" request ''cif the Road Boar,d, waß ; rathV; ,':fof> inuch 1 ," and> would only, grant * jhe^pne ' eedtibnj 40 acres, ; and at .thjß same recom» mended; that jitnereserve be vestect m. ; $wo ■, trustees .instead "of the Road Boa*d. i K Tp enie'ayour to .carry out! the original , intention of' latter, iM r Hall, jatjthe. meeting 'on' Wednesday. proposed asking I 'his Bo'aijd to pass the fp)lo'w[ng^ j re,so|jitibW, and remit : the same to..tb^ fllmister oi l liatfds : — ; "iThat this fioa,r<l jhayingj. become awara through^ the reports o^ the" a Hawke's 'Jjajr; Waste c p4nds^^Bbard's'proceedingp, . itiat" iyou" iiave' : b : ccn !l fecomimeftded to grant . only one 1 'of the res^ves: applied^ for as -recreation j 7 grounds, ■'- and ; to Vest the, |anie -m t#6 trustees^' 'instead' bf« tn'is Bo'arcf,; ,^e would 'Vcs^ectftfllyJ urgi* - , y/jjjj fy-fp%o ithje briginijl : prayed, jbeing •< unanimously m Opinion lhat the two reserves would no more^'tkaW Weft the Requirements of this 'large; "dis'tridtj and also that the Board, being » iepro-

.jentative and corporate body, would be .best able to adminigter it for tbe good of people." W0 certainly agreeL with the terms of the foregoing, and trust that the Board will pass it when ;caled upouinja spirit ofunanimitr, .fully admitting the importance otthe and of obtaining, it P^^feypbre than the 40 acres allocated . The position and impotence of the district fully justify the Board m making such a claim.