DEVONPORT'S PROMENADE.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 219, 13 September 1923, Page 9

DEVONPORT'S PROMENADE.

A THIRTY-YEAR-OLD TITLE. <>ne of the principal features of Devonport is the wide waterfront nrnraer,.ade which stretches from Calliope Dm-< tc Xorth Head. This will, on compietior. oi the new roading scheme he a concrete roadway 100 ft -wide, an unparalleled asset to a seaside, suburb. In eonnec tion with this interesting testimony tt public-spirited foresight of thirty rear: ayj was provided last night at th< ]>"vonport Borough Council meeting. A de°d was laid on the table which con vpyed to the Ixirough from the Aucklam Hnrbour Board a long stretch of har Lour foreshore which made this promen ade possible. 'This i- a rr.-urrection of amient his toiy," said the town clerk, "[t is ai echo of the early nineties, when Mr. Wm Iloile Brown represented the norther: shore on the Harbour Board, and wa iu-trnniental in securing this valuabli dedication." Strange to >ay. althoujri thi.- gift transaction was Then orfi'iali , ratified, the nere*.*ary empowering lejii.-i lation wa- not sought until 1018. Si'nc th<-n through the tortuous and deviou paths of lerrai the dedication ha at ienjrth matured, and wa> dpliverei T-i-med and sen i-il last evenin". Tlie tow; clerk explained that this long forgotte' miitier was revived when the road work 7i.>w under construction were lietrun. an. title was sought for the fore>hor boundary- It wa.~ then discovered tha no deed existed, and .-earch had to b made back through the Harbour Boar records tor official confirmation. In this the borough had been materally aided by the verdant memory c Mr*. Hoiie Brown, -s-ho. still living a the advanced age of 87. was able t advise in the search, and to see th practical harvest of his past endeavour: Appreciative remarks of Mr. Hoil Brcnvn'* pa- T borough and communit service were made by councillors, pa ticularly with regard u> the loii£-delaye completion of Devonport's foreshore roai Which wiK provide an eternal tribute t iu= ioresi;£fc le< i sagacity and energy.