THAT FENCE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXI, Issue 6205, 27 February 1904, Page 2

THAT FENCE.

TO THE EDtTOR.

Sir,—ln your Frilay's issue of the " Guardian," I gather from the report of the meeting of the Beautifying Committee that it has been decided to erect an iron fence which, together with the concrete base, is to be 5 foo;fc 6 inche3 in height. We are indebted to tjie late Capfcain Coleman for the money to erect this ornament to the Square, but 1 am sure in his weakest moments the deceased Captain never dreamt that a fence.resembling the palisade round a menagerie waa ifco be provided out of his bequest, f weli know that .the devolving upon the CornmittGe, a^d the Beautifying 4fßocfa,tion;'; are 'of an arduous nature, and are wosffciiy <j'f our highest appreciation, but ib. appears to me that in deciding to erect a fence 5 foot 6 inches high they are going to detract from rather tlvm add to the beauty of the Square. During my journeyings from one end of New Zealand to the other, 1 have invariably bee*i tsr)jc,k with the'fact that" a small ornamenfel fence rOund a public square lends an additjohaj. beauty to it, but on the other hand, wher'eyer't Jjavo 1 seed a' high fence, T have always reifc <zcms&i\ss $o look around for the wild animals. If we are to I have a high fence in Ashburton I expect the stranger passing through the town will be led to imagine that the human beings walking round admiring the h'owers in the Square are supposed to be the wild animals in the cage,—l am, etc., Kuahine,