ADMISSION TO PARKS.
THE POWER TO CHARGE.
[Br LEGRArIT—SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,] ' ' Wellington,' Wednesday." An indication of the manner in which Parliament regards the proposals that are, ■ frequently made to obtain power to charge for admission to recreation reserves is afforded by a report of the Local Bills Committee on the Wellington City Empowering and Amendment Bill. 1 ,
-The Bill has been so altered in committee that its framers would hardly recognise it. The intention of the Bill as drafted was to authorise a charge for admission to certain of the city reserves for not more than thirty days in the year. It also authorised a charge for admission to the Newtown " Zoo." The committee has struck out Newtown Park from, the list of reserves, in respect of which a charge for admission may be made, and a special sub-clause authorising a chargo for admission to'the Newtown Zoo has also been struck out.- .
The Bill provided that the charge for admission to sports grounds should not exceed Is for persons over ■ fifteen, 6d in the case of persons under that age, and for children under seven years of age to be admitted free. The committee has made the chargo Is for persons over fourteen, persons under that age to be admitted free. , • — ,• ■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15096, 12 September 1912, Page 7
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