BATHING ATTIRE.
NEW AUCKLAND BY-LAW
(Special to the " Guardian.") AUCKLAND, June 17
At a special meeting of the Auckland City Council the by-law setting out that "neck-to-knee" bathing costumes must be worn at all baths and beaches controlled by the council was repealed. In place of the old by-law the following new by-law Avas passed: "No person shall bathe in any place under the control of the council, which is open to public view or to the view of occupants of any dwelling-house in the city, unless such person, while bathing or going to and frpm the water is so clad as not to cause offence, and no person shall dress or undress or remove or unfasten any part of his bathing costume in any place open to the public view so as to be indecent or offensive." In the "ost the term "neck-to-knee" had been the subject of considerable controversv.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 211, 19 June 1933, Page 8
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