SWIMMING BATHS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14629, 15 March 1911, Page 4

SWIMMING BATHS.

Sir,—l. have been reading a great *■" lately in your paper about town-pUmiinfl" Many theories have been set- up by W*} interested. Mr. Arthur Myers and , sl , r ' Fowlds, for instance, wish • nry mucli to improve anil l>eautify the city i: 4,AH 5 IT a city that all good citizens world like -o we thol handsomest in the Dominion. »i««w" ■ as Auckland is, one would think there would bo no difficulty about that. But while our members seem to take the liveliest inter*" . in domains, parks, gardens, una toewwre spaces inside the city, the. sea. with W we are surrounded, that yields i the life'PT. . ins ozone so conducive to hwutu, « elurw . over, imiored, and neglected. possesses an esplanade, where peop V sit or walk alone the sea front, and breatM the purest air of an evening after the n«* , of the day. Here in our ■««"?. frontage is monopolised by "rivaha owl. and it is high treason for a wanderer to «* foot within their sacred precincts- We W . no baths worthy the name. The sajw« , baths are a disgrace, and an abom fLl< The unlucky bather is covered w.thtom smelling sawdust, which comes m from « mills close by, while he slips and over a flooring thick with slime. Thaw * not a beach with accommodation for train ing, not even enough shed* where women can dress and undress. Surely, with all round us, we ought to be able to cl - space enough ,for decent shelter whibch^ ing our clothes. Shelly Beach owns laughable farce of tins sort. If «">Jg fathers could hoar the comments made « day and evening by indignant, effP®". to women, it. would perhaps open thir R «J eS ti]l the mistakes they have made. But • money is spent galoro-the wttste nublio funds is awful. Within the P. year, at the top of Hepburn-street, the workmen have been busy winning levelling the paths, and then as soon #s ■ were finished started tearing them «£ again for some unknown reason. IB" only one instance out of he money is wasted; there are others I «j«W . mention. lam sure that if tho town P Otir ' , ners would turn their attention _ to w(mW ' shamefully neglected sca-shore fh} confer a blessing upon our community V a .r|| would bo appreciated by e\x>rvone, lor j now even Napier can mock at our attemp , at beautifying our city. _ 44, Poneonby Road. Utsaww kib-kb . ,