POPULARISING NEW PLYMOUTH.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 121, 13 May 1908, Page 4

POPULARISING NEW PLYMOUTH.

io the Editor. •^' r » —l was pleased to see the article re tin- above in your issue of the 11th in-t. That the place shaking 1 up there U 110 doubt. Take la»t Christina? a- <iii example. What attraction jm# there for outride visitors to cornel here? Outside the race meeting there wa- practically nothing, and the complaint* I heard were frequent and loud. Conipan* this place with Auckland a* a holiday resort. There the visitor can jjiiit hi-. or her particular taste, ami thoroughly enjoy a week or fort-ni-lit. Of cour>e a place like New Plymouth cannot hope to equal Auckland, hut there is room for a large number of people here who would not like to take thr so;i trip to Auckland, but who exp«*ct to be amuM-d in „imie way, and at pn-ent thi> cla>- is not catered for. Mi- Wov-liip tlo* Maynr talks of the , water inm. J iii- i- no doubt one of the bo-t a-oel< Xrw Plymouth ha-. ■ bul it -adly want- improving and our ! worthy May«>r will haw his hands full if lie take- it un. 1 must sav thai I wiu *>urpri*cd \v!m ji 1 *mv the" beach la-t ( hii>tma>. I iii<| not see one tent lor camping parly, Compare this with | lii-borne. There \on will mi l rows of i cotla<-.'- ami tenU on the exposed beach, i where there U no sale bathing or shelter of anv »ort. In -.pito of (hose drawback*. it i> -afe to -av that fully a 1 1><'11 -ami people cam]) on the beaches there. Coining to our own beach, I put in a pood deal of last summer in connection with the )H>alin<£ club, and one thing that J noticed wa« the total absence of sanitary conveniences: in fact, the condition of the Loach and its surrounding is a dis<jra<e to the body ha vim; control, is a iueni<<> to the public health, and is well worth the attention jot the Health Department. In your i article you bay there ought to be shelter

trees, bathing machine*, refreshment tents, etc. Vou are quite right, but what encouragement is the Harbor board giving? A short time ago a well-known resident applied to the Board for a section of the sea-front for the purpose of erecting a boarding-house and refreshment rooms. lie also in tended to provide bathing machine* and donkeys for frequenters of the beach. What treatment did he receive from the 'progressive'' Uarbor Board, who, according to their talk, are going to make the harbor one of the wonders of the world! For the use of a piece of waste sand they wanted CS~> per annum, and would give the liberal terms of a three years' lease. 1 understand their objection to a longer term was that the frontage may l>e wanted for private wham. and warehouses. There is noIhing like having a big opinion of vour.clf! The result of this largcinii'idcdiii— i> that the building will not be erected, and an incentive to visitors will 1»> missing, ion say there is room fur ihoiiMtmU i.f visitor, on the beach. In thi> yon are pi-rfcctlv right, a- the beach i- one of the be-t in New Zealand, iiehig far ahead of (lie Cheltenham b.-.ieii at Devoiipurt, where thousands "I people may be -ecu almost any afternoon. As time i- going on it is to be Imped his Worship will push tliiug„ on -i that our pro-peetive visitors will make their arrangeiueuts to spend their holiday, here in-tead of elsewhere. Wi.iiiug the movement every success and promising all assistance 1 can give. —I am, etc.. GEO. BISHOI*.

prevailing weak market at Home for wool ami sheepskins. Our hides showed no appreciable difference in price ■cvitl- last sales, and the market may he said In he tirm at last rate*. We quote as folii.ws:- — Woo'--Cro.sbred J>/ 4 d to 4d, crutchings l%d to SJd. Sheepskins Full-woolcd crossbred* :t'/,d to :iy 4 d, lambs' 3</ 4 d to :)%d, shorn lambs 2%d, inferior, dead and secdv crossbred l'/,d to 2'/ 4 d, strainers Is Id each; crossbred green Is'id to Is 8d each; himlw' green Is lid i" 2s 7d each. Hides—Ox. 02 to 751bs. .">%.! to .V„d, 4ti to ililbs 4%d to 5%d: cow,'. 11l to .'.:!lbs, 4d to 4%d, ■!'■) to Wilis 3%d to 4d; ox. cut and slippy, :i%d to Id; cows' cut and slippv ;i'/ s d U) 3%d; vcarlings' 3%d to 4(1; bulls' 2'/,,d to :!'/„; call', lirinin. o>/ 8 d; interior calf lid to 3%d. Cowtails. Is 4d per dozen. Tallow —In shipping order, C2J ."is per ton; fat, in tins, 18s Gd to 20s per cwt.