MIXED BATHING.
The question of mixed bathing cropped up in a speech at the opening of the new- .salt water baths at Shelly Beach, Auckland, on Saturday. Mr T. W. Leys said that the baths would be open at certain houra for ladies each day. Ho pointed out, however, chat the allocation of ladies' hours a.-; proposed meant that those who worked in offices and elsewhere could no!; avail themselves of the opportunity to make use of the baths. Why, therefore, ho said, should men and women not bathe together in the early morning, so long as proper rules in regard to costume and decorum are observed, under the supervision of the corporation's bathkeepers ? In bis opinion it was time that foolish mock modesty was done 'away with, aid iso long as the costumes were in accordance with regulations, and the dress-ing-rooms apart, he sa.w no reason why the bath;, should not bo throwr. open to botli sexes at certain specified hours; Mr Leys' proposal was received with hearty applause by the L*soo present, the majority of whom were ladies.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 4 December 1912, Page 4
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180MIXED BATHING. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 4 December 1912, Page 4
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