EASTBOURNE SAND-DRIFT.
Sir,—l understand that' the 'Eastbourne Borough Council have resolved.'. "'trj?repair ' .fences of the sand-drift area" • demolished by the sea...We^have c 'alre3dy':Ka , d ij three', manuka' fences placed ' mark, 'likewise post and..-barbed; iwire'/'ohes?.' the first to.stop tho.:sand ; frpm; ,; driftirig..anll' ! the other to stop the. public-arid: stray ■.cattle' ■ from drifting.on.to the ■ are gone.' Now the sand "has ;a 'naughty, •' little; way .of, creeping.through ■ "the-brush-'* ■' wood and banking itself up6n : 4hV6thef ; 'side,-- ■ which acts 1 as iforiit. to'Sdo'tthesame in the-opposite direction, thus makiflg; a aandwioh of the. fences -i?This r-was Jrfe-" dieted by some- residents I ofxourse, the idea was scoutedfjarid:naturallyso when/such an-experienced ;body."of.: mere, as" the' councillors propqsetd itothe aftf oresaid plan of dealing with the.-sand?drift,\hThafcthei SO KH "encroaching' thergi ife)}'ond.oul*oiwhat, ever,. and' that jt ■is iwashingxAwayj.thejiec-i i tionsjapidly.- .'At.:oij6 time-thererßßS;'a'wide; beacli'-at .'high-water ma'i'k',"birKriow.vthers is't no bejich at ,a11,.-/rAt;'thai ,ifme,i,Whd(ieve'fy; j day,,.it is creeping up, and things look-serious.-; NoWj, what.is the: coiinoil-gqingi'tft. dpiW-Toc nut .up., more of;,those- ridiculous::fe'ncesija! throwing.the ratepayers' .money inta\tbe.'sea/)< I:should "like tp..;.niiMy,. suggesti that itHe. Mayor and his.councillors take aistrolLrounrli the beach, -.where' they :COuld'.excharig'e'id§a?> and propose, and cany, .outcome! permanentplan of action.r-I.ara,' etc., J'"~ i'.&" . January 20-,. ■ ,:- .-V,^ a S
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 411, 21 January 1909, Page 9
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194EASTBOURNE SAND-DRIFT. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 411, 21 January 1909, Page 9
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