OUR VOLCANIC HILLS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 167, 15 July 1914, Page 7

OUR VOLCANIC HILLS.

jjj; WOBK OF DEMOLITION. | £T KUN'C IM HI.IT IT.oTKM'. | )I.\Voi;> \ i-;i.i;oc< -ri-:r.< it. j ; , lrnn g .md nn.mini'.ii- pi-i.u-i j is* '"/;, ■'" Iili "" ".' ■^'•'-'•-1 4 'n:..: ~ I,;: ;;„:,. !*ftfi'!i-" «aT... p...::;,!'"'.'.';.';.-. L„i. Mr. ILlLM.u'.nn. chainimuulj EVtre- Hi'l «-.'l ! '"'"'l- and eon ( 0 f the miiM.iig. ~,-esidc.l. ~,,1 r o" H - were giv, n by Ilie M.,v,.r of . JSb„,| iMr. c. -l. P.,.r. cm..;.,. ..,,.1. * 0 „!,1.1,cr of 1c.,.1,1.,' .-Il /.CMS. J1,,. chairman. »!i • - i.d tn.it lie h id teß an admirer nf : ; '" ii "- m Auckland Z half a ''""" n - I""" 1 ut "'"«, jifflcalties lay in the wav ol nil cll',„-t----for their prc-ervali.-n. 11 lhc people „| iucklaii'l were in .iiin.sl about the pre S«tinn of -he hill- limy vvuuhl get Ad they wanic. sp.i-mnd.c aciion I. ..»■ I M «•" ""', ' 1,1, v ,'" rmineer men than hiniscl! In lake up (lie y&t and sc- it thru.iol.. ni'.i.K \i:oi si-:i). Ihe Mayor "' N "' k! ""'• '" moving : i,,. te , resolution, -.ii 1 that he h.i.l come usuppurt tl"' meetiu- l"--aii-.' n vv a- i,u the ..git.il,on aga,u.-t ih L . [trcatcncl ui.imv '.;■ Mount -:. John. Thcprn-.'"' im-ctiii-g. he believe | wa. tii.- j lirst vet held in \u.-kland wn.i lhc object | „| protect ins the .Hv'- lin.-ci -.cnic ~,ot-. but 11 .a.'Uhl '■'il.iiiily in.l be the hast. There «j. .. -IH-ug nnd glowin? public ..pinion on the -u'biect. nnd ifit«" -g.ini.-cl. mine people ,„ Auk. bad ariauhl he made :•• -it up and think. f „„ tin' result t -U lh.. .1.-„.!i,t,..„ ...,,. jngoll daily upon the i-llmiii- would „,r, n fo.-r. f Appl.iu-<-.• Tiie volcanic coin's had fur year- : " "ii .-aitcl ..wav mr ,-„.i,l metal. -They cniil.lu'i have g.. t vv,.,--,- metal iftlii'v had adverti-cl a'! over the vvotld for it." pur-iic.l M:. Pari, amid laiigl,. t|,. Most nl •>ll 1 lulls have Im-ii imaged, and -oni,. have '■ n almost de--troved — Mouni "'in.irt ant Mount ilberf for in-tan -c. On ' the Three ft n p i- n hideii. -i.'-ii. an 1 Mount Hen hoast- a g.i-h In- to the enterjriseof one of our lea ling citi/ene ih.it jsprdbahly the tin,--, in ;!-,,. Duiniuinn. Iljitllitcr.i .-cue of th.se ucitlemen sMDj to I»lieve th.at th,. hill- were nude ny the AWnisrhty - : mpl.a to "ivc them cheap sc.ii'i i." -L'NjrsTll-'l MILK VANDALISM." Property n\vner«, cou;diiic,l Mr. Purr. iii tlicir rigiiie.. but lhc public had rijiits .il-". A ilcmoi-r.uii' community iras not going to allovv .. man. by an j irt of unjuetili.iblc vaii.l.ili.-m. -~ i,. u-c bis land .i- I" niak.. ii a danger an.l an rvriori'lo hi* neighbour- an.l the public a-a '-vli'.lc. " People ,j, ! „,,I i,i U hilltides in the lir-t place for metal pit-." lie observed, "bin to live upon. Vc-ter-day I visited the -:!•' mi Mount st. .lull!! that it is pr.'po-e ! to I.■; a contracting Srttl tor a -, nri.t pit. I: thi- site is -.. . u-cj nil irreineil i.i !.!.■ iiijura will be dune! 10 every settler ill the itciglilboiii hood. Thi- is a .u-c in vviii.'h ihe i.'ovcrnnieut i oujrlit tosti'p in .in I -'op thi.- gentleman i from completely -pnilino the scenic cll'ct | of the •tii...inl.iiii. The .-.i-c for legislation is I'lLin-vvcralile. In ,-i matter like, lirstlirr. vv oi!!.!;,,- no talk of cnipcii-a-I 'inn—it i- -illiplv pinlcling the public intere-t ngain-t the priv uc -poliator." "Any iti.iii who. for ihe -ake of a ■ fpir pi I try pound-, will hack into Ihe tills i- an'enemv ..,' ,'..,. i.ublic weal." .Ie '.'arc! th" Mayor ,-np'i.il i.-ally. " The time ha. come for -mil I ingiingc. We VIVO lvnn i,-le,.p 100 1,111.'. w'ldc Ull'n luvo lwcn making mm,ci by desecration. and now the cominiinil v will have no more of it." PRA< Til U. 111-'.sul.l "I IdN's. Th,- May.,,- ,„„„.,| : -Thai tl harmteristia- inter.-i of (he Au.-klaiid i-th-nits. ilescrilw- |„ j,,. ) |, K -listei t.-r a'oni- nf the nn.-i into).--till'' volcanic districts on th,. o|..bc ' i- In-ing destroyed l.y the rapid demolition of iv vulcanic ,i i.-. and. ilia-much .1they form ,mc of ' -■ ni..-- a f r.i.t'.vc a~fls ;,j V, a- Zcilin I. .ii, i lv- ~notion mpiircs to '...■ ir.-.i-. I on .1 broader "a-is I'ian ;.- p,,-.- ,',- •' v- auv |, ,■ 1! authority, ii is -T. .!-,-. ..-' : ... (iov-.-rn-Hn-nt tv like 1,1110 . •:.■ :i:e.,-ii!-,s m irtfs; iheir furl in r in jury ." Mr.-. I-'. K. Itaiimc. president uf the -luiikland Civic LniL'ti. . - -ond. I tin "lOliin. .v!li,-ii ~-,> ~-;-;. I 1111 1 ||||,|.,11-|-V. •nid applause. Mr. John ' our:. l),-,ni i-M iv ..r lh"U nored: "Thai p. I:,ling' (.o'v -rnment Wtioa. :h> miH'tiii-.' - ~t i.pininn thai « «s the duty : •',,. \|:. >:. .!„!,„ item.iiii Buard to have .1 siirv.-v made ''I t!ii' portion ~,' ;:,,, si,l,. ~,' '••„, ;, i; non'thrr-jl-ne.l w':-, i„ji|.-i. ,C-:, a view 'c taking tl..- -..n.- u,,.|, - 1,.. |'oi, ;: e ,„::i:i.„, , , -.:„- summit WBain." The motion ».,. „,|,.,| |, v Mi.*= W, ;-'U.A the 11, ..,,, Ili-h's, ,„„.,. J, "i carried. ilr - •'• W". Tn-l- ~-, '■! ,--.- , ; ihe ikilaial (iramnur - ~,.','1. ,'.„„ ,a,--d '"•AlVrtnf :„-,!,, ~;, - „. ,„,,;„:,„, WnHr W ,,l |,in :,'„ ~,A f ,„. ~„. , il>t » thirty vein- ~„., The ancients W an excellent „■ M ■ ~.,. ~M ;„., ~!,,.;. ■"• hy imii,is-,o ,-,,, ;, '~7„ ' .;,' ■*-flilin.-l,ik .!-7 -~,.- i ; ,-..., ~ :.,,i ' Wji;,.,. .;,, ; r ~,',,.,-.. v 7.1 ~„-" ~']:.r'V-o 1, 'h .■."';■".!''Vn'il;„"'''« '"-9iV" on M- Ki-, « ih , • 1 -adiie-*-"lH> fifteen ~.r , .. .-.. '. ,', , ' '..' 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! Mr. \. .1. Kntricnn suggested Hint 11- lir-dillioiw. ,-huuld bclelegtunlu-dint I ii-.- lv the Municipal Conference at I\\ . ! ington. wuli n l-ecommcn.l.ition th-.'t j I lie I mi-fen nee -end a d-<put„tioil. .headed by Mr. Join, !{„„,.. \\ ayov ~,- ~,„,. | hung t. .in I including the Auckland • n.ember.- ~f Parliament, to lav the jq:r .-'cii it. fore Mr. Marsev. I T„ ~.-.,liiCon ».,.- carried. n„.| the chairman iiu.!. rtn.rk licit Mr. Kntrican's j .ii.Lgc-:i..ii t-hoiild be given cll',N-t ~,. ,\ .:,.- nl lli.mks lv the chairman and -p. ikvr.- . "ii.-In led lhc meeting.