CAVERSHAM CHILDREN’S PLAYGROUND.

Evening Star, Issue 22573, 15 February 1937, Page 13

CAVERSHAM CHILDREN’S PLAYGROUND.

TO THE EDI Toil. Sir, —In your columns of the 11th appeared an interview with _ the Reserves Committee on the bowling club’s acquisition of a green on the children’s playground. In support of the claim the article says; “The ground itself, apart from the portion upon which the swings and see-saws are situated, is overgrown with weeds, muddy, and water-logged.” Whoso fault is it that the ground is in that neglected state? Surely the council has had sufficient relief labour to keep the ground in order. Further, there is “ possibility of a playground on the hillside above Kew.” Surely the councillors understand in an isolated place there is not the safety; but this place would bo all right for a bowling green. I challenge Cr Batchelor’s statement when he says “ the land was not donated to the council.” The purchase money was raised by public subscriptions by the late Mr Mark Cohen, and for the purpose of a children’s playground. Another manuka fence will do away with its value as a safety zone for children.—l am, etc., February 13. Citizen.