The Daily News. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 29,1905. A CENTRAL SPORTS GROUND.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7938, 29 September 1905, Page 2

The Daily News. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 29,1905. A CENTRAL SPORTS GROUND.

We haw such a place, that area in the Recreation- Reserve known 'as the Sprrts (.'round, hut it requires im- j prowinent. It should be the aim of | all citizens to assist in providing & I *udl-appoim< d ground for t he holding of sports, ami the playing of import- j ;int fouilmlj ami cricket matches, because the more people we attract to fhe town the more material benefit ' wo will receive. Recently represent- | tives of local sports, football, an,\i cricket clubs met ami formulated a j scheme for the improwmcnt of the crotm.l, pro\ idetl they obtained a !*»*•> of the arm for a stated term' oi \<mis. This schema embraces the raising oi the ground. mainh for the purpose oT better draiivap\ a most -durable improvement•; an on- 1 largiMuent at certain points. ihemak-'

iii£ n( more h*rrnces to flcrmiinir>dale j spectators, and the civet ion of (Ixiililin o s ' A al ion, appointed li.v tliß n.ivl inj_", nailed oil th,' Itecreali"ii (Jrounds Hoard, and placed Hit' scheme before t hit I jioily, the o( which seemed to he in sympaihv wilh the movement of progress. The Hoard. however, suhwijiiviitly paswd 11 re.solul ion. approving tile scheme. Inn fixing n prohibitive yearly rental of t.i'i. net inn that must have put .1 'tamper on the enterprising spirit display(.-(I liy those who formulated tile comprehensive scheme of improvement. Tim mutter stands at, this point at present. |,ui It is to lie In>]>.-d. in tlu* interests el the town, I lint the gentlemen. who have taken the mutter lip, will see it through, notv they have put their hands, as it lo the plough. There is no town in Viv '/.\ilnnd that possesses such an ideal and central spot for a sporis groNwls as we ilo, and vie kel sure that in other centres such a spleiid-hj usset would have Ikvii l.iought up-to-date and utilised to lite (idlest advantage limy ai.ni. An oli.iectiun has been made ,n 5..n,.; ipiarters that I lie insiiiutiou of « permanent sports ground will detract from the Iteereation serve as a beauty spot and place ( .f ipiiil ivsml, hut this nrgumvnt rnn--1,1 lli - Thv gniuird is so sitimi,-^ that it can |,e cur,ducted independently oi the rest of iln- reserve. and

there will lie no n ,.„| 1o (1M the park portion of (1,,. .domain. vrting ag-ain tu the scliv f„ r improvement of the Sports l.'toiind. «' think it woul.) |, t . a uis ,, lm , V( . If the unforiTi, (J an.l lit tie-used street "t the north will wvre ar,|iiii-eii „ nii iiivlinl.il in ||„. area. „ v jt would prow of great value in any plan of enlargement. I h,.,-., is , !hl . 'l'ii-st ion Of proiM ly holders' frontages li-inif involved i„ such a proposal. Imt thi> ij, a th . |( n . HV eiisilv 1,,, arranged with the property "«'"'t's us develop 'h,- natural advantages of attraction that *•« possess. and give our visitors— whether competitors or patrons of spcrtv . foot Imll matches, etc.— proper value f,„- their support. The K'lleation (.'rounds Hoard can fm-tli-■i the oiiicct hy rescinding the tvsolulion lining an annual rent of It will pay the handsomely t„ have the sports ground improved,and <n the ('tiximJsMwsi w,» think the Hoard would |,e iicting in (He interests ci i he place hy grantinjf the lease asked lor at a nominal rent.