ISLAND BAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 31, 5 August 1936, Page 19

ISLAND BAY

A YEAR'S PROGRESS

REPORT TO RESIDENTS

The annual report' of the Island Bay Municipal Electors' Association records the progress of the district in several directions during the past year and expresses the appreciation of residents of the spu-it of co-operation shown to the Association by City Council committees and officers, who, the executive recognised, had done what they could for the bay in the light of equally pressing demands from other districts.

Particular note is made of the purchase by the council of a site for a branch library, the erection of which will depend upon the result of the loan proposals to be submitted later this year; the construction of the sea wall, now in hand; and tree planting on the Parade, completed with the aid of a final boost from the Beautifying Society. Tree planting on -the island was to be placed to the credit of the same society and the association, slates the report, 'The trees were supplied by the Director of Parks and Reserves, and the labour by the association, and the local fishermen provided transport between the shore and the island.

The committee states,that from the recent carnival the association benefited to the extent of £155, and the amounts available to other organisations were:—Surf and jLjfe Saving Club and Bowling Club, £112; Island Bay Tennis Club, £15; Island Bay returned soldiers, £10; Island Bay Municipal Electors' Association, £7; Wellington Artillery Band, £11. Direct opposition has been expressed by the executive to the granting of financial assistance by "the City Council for the erection of privately-owned structures at the waterfront in connection with the landing of flsh. While the executive recognises the essentials of a good and plentiful fish supply, it has fought against what it considers improper methods of development for the business, the report comments.

Pleasure is expressed at street and other improvements in various parts bf the district. The erosion of clay banks in Humber, Street and Medway Street, the overcrowding of trams at rush and football .hours, assistance to the funds of the Free Ambulance, the levelling of an area on the Ohiro Bay rocks point with quarry spoil, are receiving ' attention by the association. The purchase of- the remaining unacquired section on the Esplanade has been pressed upon the \ councillors; who, while willing to purchase, were unable to get the owners to sell.