DEPOT SITE IN PARK

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25637, 28 October 1948, Page 3

DEPOT SITE IN PARK

HOSPITAL BOARD’S SUGGESTION «(tl A E. e Y nes s suggestion" that another site be found for the reserves depot, proposed tor Hagley Park, will be ™ a “L e t? ‘he Christchurch Cit7counBoarrt N 2J‘ b „ Can ‘erbury- Hospital P h oar Mrs W. s . B ean, in the belief that the building committee had considered the matter, asked at a board ?l„ lng yesterday why.no report had been made. The chairman (Mr V. C Lawn) said the proposal had been reported in the newspapers the day be■‘9je the committee met and it had decided to seek more information A courteous reply was received from the City Council. He had attended the rtte mg Wlth councillors he ‘d on the

. in the meeting, Mr Lawn said he did not know if the board wished to take any action. “As one local body ♦ ’ the board should apprecivery real difficulties; out at the same time the council should realise the board’s position. The board was concerned about the lot of its ob i ect ed to the depot. WkL guinea-pig house just behind the home?” asked Mrs T. w bo is also a member of the City Council. i “’L Lawl \ said thls build W was no ttoned used for the purposes men-

“ r s Bean and Mr R. T. McMillan S, d J be wanted to know the board s attitude. Mrs Bean added that as the council had now decided to review the matter, a motion might not be necessary. saffi Dr?w“ G. Rich? gU i de ‘ he C ° UnCi1 ’ Mr P Stanley Foster said the lady superintendent had informed him that S£ses on duty slept on the Park alde . of ‘ b «r home so that they would no ‘ be! disturbed in the day time go 2 d ® any ni S ht nurses S^. riBh, j , hospital corner during tne day and I don t think many sleep SPjA}? p 2. rk Slde of ‘be new home,” said Mrs Green. A motion asking the council to seek dissenttag 1 S ‘ te WaS carried ’ Mrs Green

LEGAL POINTS TO BE STUDIED

An interpretation of the legislation ?“ f.t? e < r Y e u’ domains, and park lands ta Christchurch would be sought by the reserves committee of the City Council, said the Mayor (Mr E. H. An»nne=?.J^ t l rday ’ The legal position appeared to be complicated, he said. _A cts ,y£“ h would have to be studied were Public Reserves, Domains, and National Park Act, 1928, and the act “ stl “g ‘be Christchurch Domains in ine City Council. .The reserves committee might dethA l he deputation from the Christchurch branch of the National Council of Women, but only wh O fhL UnC! j as a whole could decide whether a deputation should be heard by the council said Mr Andrews. It was provable that the views of the National Council of Women would be fully explained to the committee.