"NECK-TO-KNEE"
A BYLAW REPEALED
(By Telegraph.) (Special to the "Evening Post.") AUCKLAND, June I~>. The Auckland City Council has dc-' cided to.repeal the bylaw setting out that "neck-to-knee" bathing costumes must be worn at all baths and beaches controlled by the council. In place of the old bylaw tho fol» lovying new bjlaw was passed:—".No person shall batb.e in any place under the control of the council, which is open to public view or to tho view of occupants of any dwelling-house in tho city,'unless such person, while bathing or-going to and from the water, is bo clad as not to cause offence,, and no person shall dress or undress or remove or unfasten aiiy part of his bathing costume in any place open to tho public view so as to be indecent or offensive." In the past the term' "neck-to-knee" had been' tho subject of considerable controversy. . :
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 140, 16 June 1933, Page 13
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