TEPID SALT BATHS

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 122, 21 February 1928, Page 8

TEPID SALT BATHS

WHAT HAS BECOME OF THEM? CIVIC LEAGUE WANTS TO KNOW “I understand that you come as a deputation,” said Councilor B. G. H. Burn, when presiding over the City Council’s Reserves Committee, to a delegation from the Civic League yesterday afternoon. ' “Well, not exactly,“ replied Mr. D. McLaren, “it is rather a question of conferring with you. We want information, in the matter of tepid sal water baths. We are quite in the dark as to what has been done. We know about the Mercer Street site, and the difficulties about finance, so we thought the right thing to do was to come along and consult you and your committee.” _ . “To save your time and mine, said Mr. Burn, “I may say that the committee lias r.ot lost sight of this important work. We have asked the city engineer to report on a site other than that in Mercer Street, and until he has presented that report the committee is not in a position to give any further information.” Mr. J. N. Wallace (president of the Civic League) : Do you expect the report prettv soon ? The Chairman: We have asked Mr. Hart to give it everv consideration. Mr. Wallace: And how about finance ? The Chairman: You will remember that we raised a loan of £26,875 in 1920. Of that sum £14,000 was spent on the new Thorndon baths, leaving £12,000 in hand at the present time. The tepid baths could not be provided for that, and we would never be able to get the monev needed out of revenue, but we may be able to carry out a portion of the work. . Mr. Wallace explained that they only required the information in view of a meeting of the council of the league, and expressed thanks for the manner in which they had been received, and for the information given. How soon could thev get the report? he added. The Chairman said the league would be notified as soon as the report was brought before the council. Mrs. Moore advocated the setting up of salt water tepid baths as a splendid thing for skin diseases and nervous complaints. They should look for a section near the drainage pumping plant so that the exhaust steam from the plant could be utilised to keep the water warm. That could also be done a the Shag Point power-house. The Chairman said that the suggestion to utilise the waste steam from the power stations was being taken into consideration.