WAIATARUA PARK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 226, 23 September 1932, Page 3

WAIATARUA PARK.

FOTUBE DEVELOPMENT. ADDRESS BY CITY ENGINEER. An address, illustrated by maps and iiagr.ams, was given by the city engi:eer, Mr. J. Tyler, at the conclusion of ast; night's meeting of the City Coun'il on* the future development of Waia■xiruaEafk. The area, said Mr. Tyler, va»i 188, acres, similar to the Auckland Domain; ■ . Tie construction of a tunnel and the Excavating.of 3J miles of ditches had drained- the area and it was now pos♦jble 'for; a man to walk all over it. ■ n the future development the plan made 'revision for nine Rugby football ;:ouhde,. three Soccer grounds, croquet nn'iu, tennis courts and hockey grounds. As the work would be carried out over a long period of years it wae difficult to ,'itimate the cost, but at present prices .oi--.labour and material the cost would "i .about \£ 75,000. r .rhis did not inchide •lie drive, 2J miles' long, surrounding the wk, which would cost approximately •;-2,00 ; 0. ; ; After Mr. Tyler had given his address, '.he.Mayor, Mr. G. W. Hutchison, said '.bat it would be many years before ialrije would be played at the park. The vork .'.carried out to date had all been •o.'-the good, but he felt sure that had -j'.i public realieed. the heavy cost of •mining the lake they would never have liven their sanction to it. But for

vHef labour being available it would •tfivc -been futile to spend money on a project so far ahead of the present population of Auckland.