PUKEKURA PARK.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 139, 7 December 1911, Page 2

PUKEKURA PARK.

MEETING OF THE BOARD. The Pukekura Park Board met on Monday evening, when there were present: Mews. H. Ford (chairman), Cock, Corkill, Govett. Hughes, Newman, and Percy-Smith. The curator reported that owing to the frequent heavy rains and high winds prevailing during 1 1(N |, month the work of the I'urk staff has been confined chiefly to mowing and general cleaning. Perhaps in few previous seasons has the growth of native plants been greater than during the present. The native bush clothing the slopes on the north side of the upper lake is rapidly reestablishing itself, and in a few more years, at the present rate of growth, will be a fine native forest. He did not know whether or no the board granted permission to the Prohibition party to hold their picnic, in the Park on Saturday afternoon. They had cleaned up perfectly for Sunday, and the picnic, coming late in the afternoon, unknown to them, gave an addition two and a half hours' work on Saturday evening and Sunday morning cleaning up the papers, et.-.. which the children strewed about, lie also reported that the whole of the board's property in the Park was now in good order. The complaint of the curator as to Saturday's no-lieciise demonstration was left for the chairman and Mr. Hughes to deal with. The following resolutions were passed: That the chairman be, authorised to execute the deed of dedication for the widening of Brookland road; that Mr. Short be insinicted to clean the Jubilee fountain and the marble book tablet. Mr. Corkill was appointed visitor for the month.