CORRESPONDENCE. ALLEGED MUNICIPAL VANDALISM.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 25, 29 July 1911, Page 9

CORRESPONDENCE. ALLEGED MUNICIPAL VANDALISM.

"CITIZENS, PROTECT YOUR OWN PKOPERTY."

I SO TfiS EDITOR. ' Sir,— So the City Conncit has decided to go ahead with, tho erection of the stable and manure house amongst the lawns and flower beds in the Botanical Gardens. It ie very evident the councillors have not vi&ited the locality, for had they done so it is certain they would never agree to such an abominable out rage on tho good Bens© and feelings of the public, who rightly look upon the Gardene as a place set apart for lawns, ihrubs, and flowers. It would be quite a« much in keeping for the council to remove the dog kennels from the destructor yard to the grassy plot at the end of Kent-terrace. Dog-fanciers, as they passed on the tram cats, could view the cuiw to advantage, while the- additional publicity given would considerable' enhance the council revenue from the Saturday dog sake. No, there is a place for everything, and in a- well ordered city everything should be in its place. Thero should be no two opinions that the Gardens is not the place for manure houses and stable, more especially at a spot where the public most do congregate. In other cities the tiling Would not be tolerated fof a single moment. Wellington has plenty of ground suitable for ©table, but a very restricted area suitable for flowers, and from this limited area a lovely spot is to be filched for Ihe erection of a stable. It is sincerely to be hoped that if the Superintendent of ' Reserves and the City Council cannot fie© their folly, that the citizens at a-nyrate, will take a. firm stand and " protect their own property." Credit is due to those councillors who consider a well ordered city of more importance than the convenience of a stableman and his horse.— I am, etc. ■ ANTI-STABLE. ) XO THE EDITOR. Sir,— -Some years ago a fine piece ol greenery at the junction of Featherstonstreet and Lambton-quay was ruthlessly destroyed, and this act of vandalism called forth a general cry of .righteous indignation. _ To-day we see a. similar deed enacted in tho destruction of tho picturesque reserve at the junction of 'i.aranaki-strcet and Courtehay-place, a-nd 1 understand that the fine reserve at the Courtenay-place tram terminus ia to meet with a like fate. The toees occupying these reserves had, and have, attained a fine growth. Is this the way to train tho young generation to beautify the city? What is the nee of Arbor iJay if the trees planted are doomed to destruction in the course of a year or two? I would alco like to point out that the trees in the aforesaid reserve were not transplanted, but chopped down. In their place *c have an elegant (?) structure erected, and a. flagged path, apparently for the especial use of expressmen.-— I am, etc., INDIGNANT CITIZEN.