REST SEATS
SMASHED BY VANDALS
Asked by Councillor W. H. Stevens what action was being taken to preserve and replace seats placed for the comfort of the public, the Mayor (Mr. Appleton) said at last night's meeting of the City Council that every effort was being made, and had been all along, but he regretted to say that there was a tremendous amount of vandalism. Seats in Oriental Bay had been broken, and in some cases thrown over the sea wall. The same thing had been going on all over the place. On the track up to Kaiwarra every one of the seats had disappeared. People had simply knocked them to pieces and taken them away. The council had painted remaining seats elsewhere, and had some £2000 to repair damaged seats, but lacked the cast iron frames.
Broken bottles on the beaches were a constant source of trouble to the council's officers. He had received complaints of broken bottles outside places of amusement in Newtown. All these things were regrettable, and whenever citizens saw them happening they should report them. If E.P.S. wardens were given the rank of city constable it would help. Wherever accommodation was provided the reserves department was having a lot of trouble; it was simply being knocked about.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 63, 15 March 1945, Page 8
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212REST SEATS Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 63, 15 March 1945, Page 8
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