OUR DOMAIN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6933, 6 February 1884, Page 3

OUR DOMAIN.

TO THE EDITOR. Sik, —The hands of the City Council should be strengthened by a monster petition to His Excellency the Governor, praying "him to delegate his powers to a representative body possessing the confidence of the citizens, rather than to remaiu with a purely nominee body, recommended by some one who it is evident has been in the practice for many years ot pulling ths string«, for it is certain if it had been left solely to the Governor, he never would have left out the Mayor of the city or the Mayor of Parnell for the time being from the list of the Boird. As soon as an Act of Parliament could be obtained, the area should ba added to and vested in City Corporation.—l am, Sc., VIATOB. TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —Many thanks for your free ventilation, re leasing Domain Cricket Ground. One of the chief reasons for granting a lease, we are told, is the !act " that grand interprovincial matches will not pay but the very opposite is the truth, as all but the last, which, must not be forgotten, was managed by the association, have left a good profit. This bantling, being but of five months growth, should have the opportunity of gaining experience, so tbat confidence would not be misplaced in handing over to it) such an important trust as the control of our cricket ground.—l am, &c., CITHBN. Auckland, February 5, 1884.