RECREATION OR CAMP SITE?
(To the Editor.) Sir,—Why take land that is already acutely scarce 'in the city when there are already excellent facilities for motor camping in genial surroundings in the Hutt Valley, just twenty minutes' drive from Wellington? Two thousand five hundred pounds was given, I understand, by the citizens for purposes of recreation. A.group of only three tennis courts would 'take up a J-acre, and a bowling green would also take up considerable space. To provide for a camp ground also would necessitate much bush cutting. Visiting tourists complain of the absence of birds, yet the destruction of what bush is left would further , diminish the number of our feathered friends. Imagine the present pretty walk through the park on a Sunday morning transformed into a scene of damaged shrubs. The Automobile Association's deputation met the reserves committee on Tuesday to propose the formation of a camp ground at Central Park, and a day later the Beautifying Society is formed. Let us hope the society will not be backward in opposing such a plan.—l am, etc., A.W.N.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 6, 6 July 1935, Page 8
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180RECREATION OR CAMP SITE? Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 6, 6 July 1935, Page 8
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