A DALMORE SUGGESTION.

Evening Star, Issue 22573, 15 February 1937, Page 12

A DALMORE SUGGESTION.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,-—Permit me to recommend to your readers the necessity of acquiring for the citizens of Dunedin that desirable property in Pine Hill which is at present used as a pig farm. This property is in close proximity to the city andi within a stone’s throw of one

of Dunedin’s most progressive suburbs* and is 65 acres .in extent. Allowing 20 acres of this desirable property for: the making, of roads and children’s recreation. grounds, 45 acres would be left for subdivision, making, say, 360 eighth of an acre sections, valued in; round figures at £72,000. The Dunedin City Council is in search of good build)* ing sites for the erection of workers’-; dwellings, and for many years the Dal-more-Pine Hill Ratepayers’ .Association ■ has been up against the use- of this property for a pig farm. On one occasion a petition was taken from dpor, to door in Dalmore, Woodhaugh, and* I believe, Maori Hill, to have this farmlet abolished as a pig farm, huh many of the principals have quieteneq down since those days, and although! they stated that it was preventing the development of • the district, many, homes have been built, until to-dajJ there is hardly a vacant section left* The association has been lying dormant for many months, and I would like to see it awaken and play agaid a very conspicuous part in the removal of that grievance over which they losfi so much sleep in the past. The advantages of acquiring this property are many. Allow me to quot* a few:—The soil is rich in manure, ana the allotment holders would not -- bd put to any expense in providing _ manures to ensure good crops of vegetables, lovelv lawns, or beautiful flower beds. The little and big pigs of Dalmore have seen to that. The Dalmbre bus at present being used would be unable to cope with the traffic, and the people would have the pleasure of being.conveyed to and ,fro .in de .luxe parlour, buses. ■ . : ;. , ’ A road could be brought up from Woodhaugh, thus giving the district another much-needed outlet. The pro* perty is within easy reach of the city; two schools, and churches. Surely this property could be bought out and a municipal piggery established in a place remote from the eye'and nostril of the public. Let ua visualise the future of thi( farmlet, where to-day the little pig* grunt over their food. A beautiful -suburb, bounded on the one side with native bush known as Leighton, with tar-sealed roads and footpaths, channelled concrete kerbs, with native treel set in a grass border aligning the streets;'children’s playgrounds, where the mothers can send their offspring while they mow the front lawns, the drying greens,- and tend the flower beds. Let us see the Dalmore-Pine Hill Ratepayers’ Association take this matter up, and play a very important part in the developing of this model pig farm to a model suburb.—l aiH| etc., Reogrebs. February 15.