Onchunga Public Recreation Grounds.

Auckland Star, Volume XVII, Issue 15, 19 January 1886, Page 2

Onchunga Public Recreation Grounds.

(To the Editor.) Sin,-Under tho "Public Reserves M Amendment Act 1885," the trustees 01 <*• Onehunga Public llecreation Ground 1 w< acting illegally in permitting an adnw-'<* feo to be charged at tho entrance v> «" grounds on Saturday next, inaemurn - section 5 of the said Act has not boon l «\ filled. The public may therefore enter i«J on that day, and if any charge be dems""™ it will bo tho business of the Crown In** cutor to take the matter in hand. present trustees are the Borough Co , '"'" and Mayor, and it is singularly unfortunj*' for the many ratepayers of '' district, who would rather |ljs«| tho said grounds should not . porverted for horse racing purposes Wg ila manifold objectionable associations W» four of the Council members are iiko O" .. . bora of the Racing Club, and one .in i 1 ■ tion ia'in tho paid servico of the Cn «■ ' will thus bo plainly seen that votinß on«" ; question is at onco extremely one rf*.; unrepresentative, and un-English- ll |, fact alono should awaken the householda and other electors to w*; about n different order of things, » D might better represent the community ie now the caee.—Yours, &c, iJ^ffll Queen sSoßfle||