BEAUTIFY THE CITY.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 88, 13 April 1912, Page 9

BEAUTIFY THE CITY.

TO THE KDITOfi. Sir,<— l have read with interest (lie correspondence in your columns tuiciit the preservation of some- of the trees anil shrubs in the present Parliament grounds, and trust that, with mutual co-operation between tho Public Works Department and tho Corporation, ihe city may bo made a little pleasantcr in that neighbourhood. You may remember that when (JharloM.e-btK.ec ua& widened the trees and bimtbs on that line Ml£ &2 i'i!tkJ£&sjy. Jfii ,<l*iivkjy cut

that nothing could be done to tave sonift for adornment on the line of footpath in that sheet. What 1 would liUe to f>w in Bowcn-streoi would be suitable tiees and .shrubs left ti> make v nice avenue on the footpath like in other cities, but it is a hard struggle in Wellington to have any t lung done in that respect. t Your paper has done its best at all times to try und encourage th& beautificatiun of the city, but with little, 1 am sorry to say, practical" results. In tho case of the Parliamentary grounds the talk and the blame is all put on the Government, but I would like to draw uttention to tho apathy und neglect of the corporation itswlf to its duty in rospect to Newtown. Park. Let anyone enter this park by the wicket gate in Kufisell-terrace, and walk around the back of the Park. There you will sco the land covered with gorse and brooni. which m places chokes goodly trees, but no ono seems to care twopence. Som© four or five years ago two fires laid waste a largo part of this portion, but since then absolutely no effort has been made to replant it, and the result is a, dreary waste where, by the configuration of the land, it could be made very beautiful. Sond one of your reporters to go through this park from Russell-terrace around to Sutherland -road, and he will find neglect and apathy everywhere. Each reason I hoped that bomething 1 would be done, to better the condition of things, but it seems hopeless. In my opinion too much money in tho way of labouris expended on the green at this park. The green is all right and proper and very nice, but the rest of the park should not bo allowed toget into a neglected state because sufficient workmen are not employed. Either employ move men or, if the corporation will not do so, thai let the men now employed there be taken < off the grcon and work the other portions of the park; they cannot do both. Too much time is taken up in ornamentation work, as elsewhere. I sincerely hope that, bo far as New town Park, is concerned, a different state of things will quickly eventuate. —l am, etc., RATEPAYER.