TROUBLOUS TREES

Grey River Argus, 26 June 1925, Page 3

TROUBLOUS TREES

ON RECREATION GROUND. REQUEST FOR REMOVAL. ' GRANTED. At the meeting of the Borough Cmm cil last evening fuur resident . -f Shakespeare Sereet, Messrs A. L. Ki I gour, 1. \V;'.rnes. J. S. Robertson aiil G. Jones applied lo liax<* the trees on the Rccreath'n ground adjoining tin Pavili('<i, removed as the street wa> shaded for the griuiter part of 11: ■ day and that piiie needles were a menace to adjoining property. Crs Doogan and Kent moved that the request be granted both mover and seconder stating that the 1 roes were a nuisance to the residents in the local Cr Kit (-hingham chairman of the I Beautifying Committee favoured the i matter being left over until the full report of the Recreation Ground Committee was received. He did not agree ! to all thc trees being cut down. In the summer time the trees afforded shade and in tin* winter time the Recreation ground could be as bleak as Victoria Park. He did not object to one tree, that was touching the pavilion. being cut down, if this request were granted, there would be similar requests from all ]>arts of the tow’ii. The trees in question had taken thirty yenrs to grow. Cr Greenslade supported Cr Kit(■hingham . Cr Harker said that seeing the residents of the locality wanted the trees cut down, he did not see why the request should not be acceded to. To his mind the trees were anything but beautiful. ( r Doogan asked if I'he benefit <!<* rived from the trees as shade was sufficient to warrant the ('ouncil oxerlook ing the fact that they were a nuisance to residents? After further discussion Cr Doogaii altered his motion to read that th.* request be granted subject to the terms of condition contained in the original application of the t’nit"d Club—that the trees b e cut down and re ('uvod iiv the Bis \V* rship said bo wa . !' \ o>:r of the trees being cut do\\»i, ami cleared away to the >at isf.:<t i.m > i' tb- l-m gimu-r and Cr Kitchingha m . Cr Kitchiiiglmm: I don't want lo have anything lo do with it. I am going to against the motion. 0.1 being put the motion was carried, (rs Greenslade and Kitehinglm m voting against it.