SITE FOR EGMONT J. C. RACE COURSE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume 19, Issue 276, 19 July 1882, Page 3

SITE FOR EGMONT J. C. RACE COURSE.

' . ''TOTHB BDITOE OF THE STAR. • ' : SrR, — Kindly allow me a small space in your columns for a few words on the above subjeo.t. Iv two locals of ]the jStar; of the 14th yistnnt, two sitep are mentioned : Mr. Fanth'ani's' padd^c^ and th.efurjn.of Hone Pihama at NoiTUanby. The former is objected to because sufficient ( spflce is, not fprthcomjng, ahd, consequeiitly, " it is'doiibtftU whether the committee can recommend icto tlie Club." That' is' a satisfactory reason,"and as no such 'objection is matle' to> Hone Pihama's site, and no fault, .found on the jutri&sic merits of the ground itself, it is to be inferred that all the requisites for a good cbn'ree are to 'be found^arNormajib'y. Iv ihe ' first pa>ftgraph, J it i*, 1 howeverl 1 'said that " ifjs a pity thai'' the? land is- not a little nearer .Hawera, ' as ,a '. good course could- be obtained on the reserve." This is decisive f iis .t0, ,- |UJe merits of jthe course, and the question naturally arises-jwhy, anyf / me ) mber.pf. jtherdistrict should object to a good course "because it .is^jnear Nprmanby. The district, isli large onV/sUbscripjiioris 1 cp'ming' frbni 1 Manaia and the Waimate Plains equally with Hawera and " Normanby. ' Why should any town have preference pver another : and why should proximity to Hawera influence the decision of the Jockey Club, when a good (course is found, at another town? The site at Normauby is so close 'to the Railway' Btalion that part of the farnir frdm ' which it is taken actually fronts part of the station, - so that convenience of access from all parts of ,tbe distriqUs insured, as well as the acknowledged suitftbilityv of the ground for a com-89. ,., But; the fact remains, that '" ib f .is^ pity that it is not nearer Hawera. J>'lt is.a pity lfc is not nearer Manaia ; it is a plty'itis not nearer Opunake.- But, Ohl for tile tiity of human charity under the stfu-i it is a much greater pity it is not .hearer. Hawera Ir-Toure truly, Peeping Tom. '.'Norumilby, lPth July,