DOMAINS BOARD.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18487, 15 September 1925, Page 13

DOMAINS BOARD.

—•—. ! SUGGESTED ABOLITION. * CITY COUNCIL PROPOSAL., A proposal that the Christchurch" «, jnnrtions taken over by the municiiifily, ca™ 6 before the City % Council 'ytjugbt in a report -submitted by the tjgttair and Reserves Committee. » fla r«port was a* follows:— The com!0t» understands that the ChristDomains Board is taking steps to itffr legislation validating- the conJrißmtion ia officc °f the present meraand recommends that the Governbe informed that the Council is "JWOP^ 011 that Buch auth -°rity should | 'ily be extended to March 31st, 1926 ,fl/that the Board should be abolished jMth&i date and the parks and gardm placed under the control of the '(jriltehoreh City Council. • «Ko SeflectLon on Board." ' ft. V. E. Leadley said the commit- ]# WM unanimous in its opinion in the a»tl«f bnt i 4 had since been brought to >jj»M«J«e tbafc the wordi ag was rather rf»p*!Wnptory nature. No reflection '*|gißrW»dOd to be east on the work ;ja, \Q the Board in the past, but it •rtifettthat the Board was doing what ;«sf ta&3 the work of the City. The I i-JBfcß hid been expressed on numerous there should be an amalgamation of some of the various bodies fj[s« City, and the present was an jgp&eat opportunity of putting such a \rfw into operation. 1 la WJy to a question, Cr. A. D. \ts.tM. it was wrong to assume.that "Mtat the members of the Board were fjftfolfr in office. The position was .(fcst taoae members were in order' in on the Board until their sue'c&JW» w§re appointed. He was in uny&tglt with the suggestion put f orjyl ty the committee.

. Opposition Expressed. 'lf Cr, L MpKelkr expressed himself as fc»f JJppwed to the suggestion. Many .If && totaectei with the Board had J&H fefiapte knowledge and love of 'fgftp&uyi it would be a great pity ;tj»rtdJtoßoard go out of existence. ' ir.OJCt'V.B. Anderson said that many llftitßUwaiers of the Board had infrlo of botany, and the loss of "HSfWriee would mean a loss to the ri&e' eoffmuuity. The Board was administered. It was a nonbjdy, and if its functions were J»T»t*W over by the City Council the p(ftf ffirit would be present in the adof the Domain. fir/it Q. Sullivan said that many of ilHtnio had done so much good worker tie Board could bo co-opted on to so that there was no need tot mi services to be lost to the jslHi .•tL,V. said if any suggestions ,fasßul to the city were made by the Bsntjjfyiag Association they were Ifiimfmm. consideration by the City tjpfclfe thought, therefore, that the flppftof Messrs George Harper, E. F. Btp,,u«l other gentlemen who wero

.ajtadM with the Board would not bf Wjm City. i0l: A Principle at Stake. *£ IkBL. ft. Andrews supported the pro!F his belief in the need i of the number of pubCity. He did-inot think le outside the City took interest in the Gardens, ty Garßena. In other Doaiaien the gardens by the taunjeipal authorcreditable to the cities ha 4 agrcaA regard for e Domains but a it sttke, and the present jelleat opportunity of re- \ Of Jcpal body adminisis pfetty s aure that scvf the |loard were them- • of the 0% Council taknetions;o£ that tody, supported the, proposal, r of a municipal hoard Mniater all; such duties sent undertaken by the aid that of the amount d by the Board, no less w found by the City to W Aaked For. rt amended by deleting "recommends,'» and lieu thereof the words: ktee of this Council be with the Board the deCity Council assuming le Botanic Gardens." i question, Cr. Leadley o intended that Hagley included in his proposal btaiic Gardens, vas carried by 11 votes Wg it being Crs. An- ", and. Sim. &r, Anderson, Cooke, *ttd Leadley were apttee to confer with the tter, with a recommenconference take place Be in the "Washingisaed. 6