THE Pukekohe and Waiuku Times PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1913. THE RECREATION GROUND

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 1, Issue 80, 1 April 1913, Page 2

THE Pukekohe and Waiuku Times PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1913.

THE RECREATION GROUND

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♦- The reply th it ua- rue. iveil by the iVayir from the Prime iVnnitt r— to tin; iHcM-that t Hints hr only given fur the , purchase < 1 recreation grounds upon the condition that the prup'.'ities «iro vested i-i the King aj pats to lie vev tiite We do not know whetler this rule i:i inertly a genu; 1 pnetnv, or if it id governed hy some unhtr.dat)h j rtgi:luLion. Vritihg subject to eorreet'on, we do noi think then 5 is any Stat.itorv f m:c!,iti.).'i for it. The I'iieuitbt tins <or •i • d with t : v purchase ot 'lie Keireution (irouii for I'ukek'ih are :i peculiar that if rll th gr< in d (instead of oily the two en-l? of ili 1 ri nj a > in.it n.t iii.s In. liiooglii under the Municipal I'or (o< at ion.. Act it slioijld in' (ii . .liiFt row, however, the positi< n serins to he one nf urgency. The liurough

c nt'Hcted with Mr Costello to do a c-.nain thing and fattn must be kept, if pos ihie. Provided that he B'rough Council can legally pay 'he £250 to the Government oerhaps the best thing tt at can >e done at preseit is to complete tha upon ihe G ivernment's unexpected terms If it »ere not for two thinys —tne nee l for completion of the impliel contiact with Mr Costello, and the ris'-c that will be run of losing the reserve altog-ther —we would per-i t in our objections. But we do not feel di«p' sed to imperil the p'sition (bad a3 we re»Hnd it) as it stands We thi'k, to , that we can see a It gal method by whici th° reserve irny ultima ely be vested in the C<>rpo'ation even it it ia registered in the Crown now ani made operalive u-dcr tne Public Keserves and Domains Act