PARK AS NEW YEAR'S GIFT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15496, 1 January 1914, Page 8

PARK AS NEW YEAR'S GIFT.

■ PRESENT TO WiaANOAREL ' " ■■■• . ■'•'-— T." ... Tar ;•. Tni'HUKt.— . comcbstohwent] Whaksjlhei, Wednesday. As a New Year'a gilt to the public of Whangarei, .Mr, Itebej-fc Wait; who is : the •oldest ; settler ; ill the district, has donated seven acres" of land oa £h« banks of tJ'e Eatea Eiver, to. the.township.: The.area in question is covered! wiih native bush, which Mr, ;Mair has prese-Ted carefallyj awl the locality is a. noted beauty spot. : •

In the course of a letter to the Mayor TMr. T. 11. Staidma,n), ■ Mr. Mair I asks the Borough, Council'ii acceptance of his gift of. a new park wllich,. apart from* its picturesque suxrcondirigs, contains a historical j wa9lii"tapn, ,«r old native burial ground. The wish also expressed that ehould, ;at ' any time,"!tuther, tree-planting ■bs carried out, it will l»e done with native trees only. In conclwtion, Mr. Mair expresses the hope tbat'ithe 'gift -will be the Ifirerunner 'Of % the (xjqnisition 'of J ' other beauty &p<yi& ia the viflinity of Wbangarei, on behalf ci the public, - ; ■ >■']'■■..'

••i .'Mr; Mail's generosity has been appreciated greatly, as the tioroagh i*i not weil off iii the matter of public reserves. The new domain will : probably be named. Mart Park. ;