STATE OF RIVER BANKS

Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23002, 23 April 1940, Page 14

STATE OF RIVER BANKS

TO - THE BDITOB OP THE ' PBEB3.' Sir, —May I direct the attention to the City Council, or whatever, body is responsible for the care of the riverbanks, to the neglected and untidy state of the bank oh: the east side of Colombo street bridge (Cambridge terrace). where thistles and docks flourish. A shrub (berberry, I-think) has been allowed to grow to quite a bush and will surely crack the concrete of the stormwater Culvert. The river edges along both banks have not been touched for months, but the . motprmOwer assiduously traverses the'smooth spaces (quite unnecessarily). A man with a scythe, could clear up the unsightly ■ patches in’ a short time, and an ordinary mower, now • that the growth is so small, would' conserve petrol, oil, or whateverfuel .is used. —Yours, etc., ‘ ‘ PLAIN JANE; P.S, —An “Island” is forming at Manchester street bridge. . , , ; April-':'l'0;-ljB40i 'VT>" ' [The chairwoman of the Christchurch City Council’s reserves committee (Cr, Mabel Howard) said' that the 'superintendent of city parks and reserves,. MiM. J. Barnett, who had just returned from annual leave, would look into the complaint.]