DRAINING OF GARDENS LILY POND
i Mr. Parry Declines To I Comment l Woxdc is progessing steadily with [ the filling in of the lily pond near the f Prince's Gate entrance of the Goverixj lxxeixt Gardens. The last vestige of j water had yesterday been pumped I froxxx the lake and forlorn water lilies j diseonsolately draped thenxselves over j rocks now denuded of their nxystery. j Tlxe pool is being drained in order , to extexxd the present bowling greens and the Toui'ist Department's deeisiojx I to take this step has occasioned a conj siderable am'ount of adverse comment i froixx residents and visitors to the ! town. i In a telephone interview last night, j the Minister of Iixternal Affairs, the j Hon. W. E. Parry, declined to xnake { any comment. He said that he had j visited the pax'k yesterday afternoon j and inspected the work, and that 'he •would. pro'bably malce some remarks later when he was more eonversant with the technicalities.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5304, 17 January 1947, Page 4
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164DRAINING OF GARDENS LILY POND Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5304, 17 January 1947, Page 4
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