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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 120, 12 May 1908, Page 2

ITILISINt; OIK ATTIiACXIIINS. New I'lymout!i possesses pre-eminently lilt* best location as a holiday resort on tin' west coast of this inland, anil yri how little lias In'i'H done lo utilise our great natural facilities to l.lie best advantage! \\V ale not unmindful of the gratuitously performed work of llie Scenery Preservation Society, and tlic Keercation Ground lioard, without 111..' activities of which we would indeed have little to show in the way of artilic-i.il adornment. To our way of thinking. [ however, our most important natural > uhsct. and the one that has been comparatively neglected ill the past, is the sen-front, particularly the splendid .stretch (il sandy lieacli in the vicinity ol the harbour. Kach year witnesses the advent 01 the children of country school districts, with their parentis, 111 increasingly growing numbers, and during the summer just- passed, probably lour thousand children from inland towns spent a day 011 the beach at -Motuioa. year succeeds year tills liuni-lier will increase, particularly if something is done to provide amusement and picnicking conveniences for our visitors. Xo carry out any scheme thoroughly, the assistance of the Harbor lioard would have to be invoked, but wo have 110 doubt, that no obstacles would be placed in the way by the lioard. How l>est. to set about instituting the necessary improvements is the lirst essential, and in this connection the Mayor, who ha* expressed himself strongly in favour of such an undertaking, should bring down his scheme as earlv as possible. in order that the less expensive parts t. tie work might be completed before the uexl holidav hcosoh. What is primarily wanted, of course, is improved means of access lo (lie beach at Moluroa. Ihe esplanade urgentlv rei/mres extending, if only by extending tile present llla.b'quute track, ljl| (J,,, sandy beach is made directly ami casilv aeeiv-ible along the sea-fvoul. Then, again, the access irom the -Main South 1,1111 the Breakwater Road is dis(Hieily po,.r. n„, existing beach wads niiglit uiiii i ; rea! advantage be ln, ! ,l 'ov"d ,\l the beach itself there 1; unlimited -cope for increasing J l '" iittraeliu. lean,res. || ou | ;ir (|,"^ lr "'' l '''ties Jioutd in iimridin.. j 11 """ 1 ' :'re not prepared to sac but a start might lie made bv inducin-. proprietors ol s uch holiday-niakiii" paraphernalia as swings, men v-j-o-rounds donkey*. etc.. lo establish Ihemselves oil the sand, during I lie summer months. As We stated previously, we do not ant icipate (|,e sl io'ij|est objection to the departure would he n ,ised by 111,. 11;,,.. ""ll'l. I lie con veil icllcc of liolldav-inakei-s hould be "Otisideveil bv providing a [.lentit 111 supply 111 Water at eonvctiien, „pot s, ami it might even prove expedient to provide facilities f„r supplying our hundreds of visitors with hot and shelter when lieeesisarv. t here is no need t*i embark, at present, on an ambitious costly scheme, but sueli small holiday-making facilities as wo have indicated could be provided at a minimum of cost, while providing a maximum of comfort lo patron* of "the beach, particularly uiir country friends. In respect <,i ~iii< w : iter-froiit we are year- behind Napier. Timaru. and similarly siiualeil (owns, where the value Of tile asset ha. realised bv III" Conn.-iU. and taken adva'nla«c "f. l-' i 0- lake a |V,„„ "i Mi- 1 owns n.HiH-d. ;unl iinvin;r ;i<lop{ed a scheme, piish if t,, completinn. and let iiir laet be made known throughout the sc||.inls 01 the province. and we venture 1,, believe thai there would not be fen per eon 1. of (lie school children of laranaki. and their parents, who would not. once a year at least, make acouaiiilance with the chief town and port of tlie province. The children are the liiture citizens. and the impression, ol I yoiil h are almost imperishable. I