A HOVEL SUGGESTION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7763, 15 March 1905, Page 3

A HOVEL SUGGESTION.

(Per I'rcss Association.) WKU.INCTON", March 11. A deputation wailed on Hie Minister lor Hoilw.ivtJ (Sir J.C.Ward) urgingi ihe Government purchase of the Uelievue Gardens, Lower Ilutt, which are to be sold by auction shortly.. It wins urged that il' the gardens are allowed to fall into the hands of a syndicate for cutting-lip purposes the Hutt Valley will be robbed of its great attraction, and the railway revenue will suffer. The property could be had lor £IB,OOO. In replying. Sir J. G. Ward pointed out that the Railway Department had no vote under which it could purchase the place, and was not likely lo get o>ne. Jf anything were to be done in the direction indicated by the deputation it could only be done on the recommendation from the Land Purchase Hoard as a railway investment. lie was not favourable to the purchase, not because he disagreed with the deputation's viewa, but because if tile Department commenced buying pleasure resorts of this kind it would be met with similar requests for purili is<- all over the colony, and it could n>t coiitompllate anything like that, lie was s'tn'y the corporation bodies could not sve their way to purchase tile propel ty, and promised to communicate with tlie Premier am' Ministers on the subject.