Mount Vernon
Sir,—l beg the good citizens of Christchurch to move swiftly before it is too late. The Mount Vernon block must be secured for public use. Its recreational, historic and scenic value is beyond argument and we should not let this opportunity to purchase it slip through our fingers. Christchurch has always dithered and quibbled over the large issues which affect it (the railway tunnel, Cathedral site, airport, road tunnel, Town Hall, Civic Orchestra, etc.) but generally ends up doing the right thing. We must have the wisdom now to see that the purchase of Mount Vernon for posterity is essential. Fifty years after Harry Ell’s death, thousands of us benefit from his dogged efforts to improve public access to the Port Hills and the Peninsula. Ell and his supporters achieved what they did in an economic climate far more austere than ours. We have a rare chance to match the foresight of our predecessors. Let’s take it. — Yours, etc., GORDON OGILVIE. July 22, 1984.
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