COAST DOMAINS

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 54, Issue 32625, 24 September 1945, Page 6

COAST DOMAINS

( COMPLAINT ABOUT TAPU 1 MOVE FOR LOCAL CONTROL Members might he interested to know dial at present a petition was being signed by local residents with a view io their regaining control of the Tapii Domain, said .Mr C. (!. Sheplieard at I lie last meeting of the Thames ('oast Progress Association. Several members complained that nothing whatever was being done about the domain. The gorse at the nori hern end was steadily spreading, and lhe conveniences were falling into disrepair in spite of repeated protests. The secretary, Mr IL W. Stevens, was instructed Io write to the Thames County Council about rlie condition of I lie conveniences at this domain. 11. was decided that at any meeting with I lie Waiomo Domain Board tlie association be represented Dy the chairman. Mr W. 11. B. Colbeck, and Messrs J. 11. Bonner and C. Brit chard. Improvements at Waiomo Mr .J. W. Neate gave an address on t.ho needed amenities of (lie Coast generally, and dealt in particular with improvements which should be taken /in hand at the Waiomo Domain, as the Domain Committee had the sum There should be better amenities for of £lo.‘> in hand, which, he said, had been raised' for such a purpose. picnic parties*, he said. He suggested Norfolk pines might replace the present unsightly shelter hedge. Overhead 'battens should be wired along the fence to prevent cattle breaking through. The whole domain should be fenced, with two cattle stops and a central gate. The hill portion, in his opinion, should be cleared of gorse and ring-fenced and gradually brought into grass and planted with. trees. Mr Neate said it was estimated that water could be obtained by a bore at a cost of £5BO, 'but it might prove 1 mineralised, and he favoured a graviI tation scheme from a creek on the I hills, fed to the old battery reserve ir, from which the water would be reticulated both to the domain ard to residents. Mr Carter said he opposed the planting of Norfolk pines. He considered a shelter hedge essential. Battle stops, he thought, would not stop sheep. Mr Shepheard said he had proved Norfolk pines were unsuccessful on similar country. The pines required a lot of water until well established. Mr G. Russek said pinus insignis and macrocarpa trees were -proving excellent trees for shelter in coastal areas. Mr Neate was thanked for his address.