SUMNER SEA-WALL.
IS OF THB PRESS e sea-wall and sower pipes and walls. The idhilltf, whfcjh make J pulled down, though >at deal of money, in n mauy others', if
is an exceptionally high tide some damage is done to either the wall or the pipes, and the sewage runs down _ the beach, making it a place to bo avoided instead of a pleasure resort. The popularity of Sumner for bathing is fast diminishing, and trade there will be seriously affected in the summer months if this kind of thing hap: pens. Besides, the wall does not really Eiervice its purpose, because it is not high enou" rJ ' As the bathing or, ason is fast approaching, something definite ought to be done. This con t; ' patching up is only a waste of money. T1 f* beach is most unreliable at present,-and nobody can tell when the sand w r ill pile up again, or when it will be further washed away. If this happens the wall will collapse and the sewer will break, then all the money will have been wasted. Why, I ask, should not the. public have a say in the matter? It is their beach, and they should no* x *e to stand meekly by and see it disfigi ll "-'' and destroyed.—Yours, etc., . DISGUSTED. August 12 th, 1031. ,
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20314, 13 August 1931, Page 11
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