HAGLEY PARK.
TC TITE EDITOR OP "THE ITIF.SS." Sir, —I quite agree with Mr Gould's letter in this morning's "Press," and am jealous of an v unnecessary interference with tho <1 nconvention a I beauties of the Park. If the removal of the toi-toi, flax, etc., is with the idea of preserving tho ducks' eggs, I fail to see how the substitution ol "suitable trees" will bo more effective than if the island is left in its present picturesque state, and even if it were more effective, I don't think it would warrant making a piece of the Park an addition to tho Acclimatisation Grounds . Tho unconventional beauties or the Park are. I consider, the real beauties, and while on the subject I might say that if wo arc to have the Park and Gardens improved and improved, till the Park is as level as a billiard table, and the Gardens are nothing but a network of geometrically designed flowerbeds, with all the cosy corners opened out to every wind that blows, green boundary fences cut down and replaced by cast-iron railings, that it will bo no improvement at all. lamby no means alone in this opinion, and am «iad to have this chance of asking the Domain Board to reconsider removing the flax, etc., from the island in question. —Yours, etc., UNCONVENTIONAL. May 7tll.
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Press, Volume LIII, Issue 15895, 8 May 1917, Page 8
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HAGLEY PARK.
Press, Volume LIII, Issue 15895, 8 May 1917, Page 8
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