STILL ILLEGAL

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 450, 4 June 1937, Page 6

STILL ILLEGAL

Use Of Trunks By Men Bathers Sydney, May 18. The Minister of Works and Local Government, iMr. Spooner, said last night that he did not intend to recommend any alteration to the existing ordinance dealing with the ue& of bathing costumes. Mr. Spooner’s decision means that the use of trunks by men on Sydney’s beaches will continue to be illegal, and councils will he responsible for enforcement of the regulations. At the end of last bathing season ttien on some beaches wore trunks and no action was t&kfcn. against them.

“There are still a' few_ people,” Mr. Spooner siaid last "night, “Who think that the l'D35 ordinance introduced costtumeß. Actually it abolished that costume and. legalised the modern Costume that may be seen on all beaches during the summer. “A request was made subsequently that the wearing of trunks by males should be legalised. >From many quarters there also comes a request that th e BtaYidaT’d of dress on the beaches should be .acceptable to all who desire to bathe and not only tq those who <desire to wear trunks.

“For those who desir G to sunbake, the councils have all the necessiary powers to set aside portion of the beaches for that purpose. Requests for the amendment of tbe ordinance, hovrever, have not been made by tne councils who control the beaches.

“The ordinance is under the administration of the councils; because a few councils did not accept their responsibility and enforce the ordinance last summer that does not establish a case for amendment of the ordinance.”