THE UNEMPLOYED

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 68, 17 September 1927, Page 10

THE UNEMPLOYED

MAKING OF PLAY AREAS

KAIWARRA HAS DOUBTS

Brooklyn people havo earned for themselves a name for self-help in tho provision of a first-rate children's playground, for instance—so havo the Island Bay people, in just the same way, and Brooklyn's neighbouring district, Vogeltown, has also been busy in helping itself.

When the Mayor some little time ago suggested that district associations might canvass their members for funds which could, with the council and Government subsidy, bo spent as district unemployment relief works, Vogoltown people were quickly off tho mark, and withiu a few days of the Mayor's suggestion handed in a cheque for £100 at tho treasury counter with a request that the council should form tennis courts for the residents. The work has now been given a definite start, and it is hoped that tho £300 available will go a good way towards the three courts which the residents have in mind.

Some doubts are expressed by residents of Kaiwarra as to the advisability of continuing with the present plans for tho formation of a playing space on tho recently-purchased Kaiwarra Park. . f

. "It looks to me," said one resident to a "Post" reporter to-day, "that for the expenditure of £4000 in tho purchase of the property, plus the: cost of excavation, the council will be able to give us a level area just about large enough for a children's play area, whereas, by working on a different level, there should be no great difficulty in making a Btarfupon a fullsized football and cricket field. Even if tho money will not complete such a full-sized ground, it would surely bo wiser to make a start on the larger scheme thanHo carry on in work which will kill the real usefulness of tho new park for all time."