MUNICIPAL VANDALISM.

Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 51, 28 August 1895, Page 4

MUNICIPAL VANDALISM.

c TO THE EDITOE. " Sib— l do not think "Wadeßtown's" ■7 Blrongly-worded protest against the disr figurement and mutilation of the plantation "' above Featherston-terrace was a bit too , strong for the occasion. A more barbarous or wanton piece of vandalism was never perpetrated or tolerated by our City Connoil. I passed through the reserve myßelf yesterday, and fonnd the disgraoeful work bUH in progress. The mere trimming of the firs into mushroom shape (of whioh your correspondent justly complains) seemed quite a , trifle beside the wholesale destruction of so many of the largest and most beautiful. The -n growth of 10 years will not replace the ;h damage of the last few days. All that is 3e needed to complete the job is that the felled . trees should be allowed to remain till they a " are dry, and then set fire to. By this meaDß » the remainder of the plantation would be t f destroyed in a cheap and effeotive man- . ner. What more could the Corpora- £ faon wish? As a bitter satire on t. Jr. Vf* k th , a * was Progressing, I observed that two offioial notices were posted in the , grounds as follows :-l. " Any person found " damaging the tr,ees and shrubs in the pland S?*"" 1 wm be Prosecuted.— T. F. Mabtin. '- TT/^l 2- "This plantation is in! » tended for the enjoyment of the publio, and / it is therefore hoped that the pnblio will aid a m protecting plants and seats from injury." ~ Will the publio be good enongh to rise in d response to this kind invitation and impeach it .I*e Counoll for tho wanton deßtruotion whioh d it h ?? "prised? Or if, as rumonr says, the Counoil has not authorised it, will they it ? le , ar themselves from blame by at onoe ~ mdiotiDg the real culprit? \ I am, Ac, c ' 1^ A . nB ? B S. . „. SUBUBBB. f.S.— And where is the Scenery Preser. i. v » n s °o»ety? Is it dead, or does it only