NEGLECTED HOBSON BAY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17784, 18 May 1921, Page 10

NEGLECTED HOBSON BAY.

Sir,—lt is interesting to read the account of the council's tour of inspection, and also of the resulting proposals of expenditure of rates. But it Ls very annoying to find that Hobson Bay was not included in the itinerary, and also that no provision is made for its needs. I would ask what are the possibilities of Waia-t-arua compared with the development of the noble foreshore of Hobson Bay, "a bay that, if developed, might rival any in Sydney Harbour." The present Minister for Education (while Mayor} had devised liberal things for this neglected spot, namely, reclamation, a park, and, of course, a school, for what he designates Lower Remuera. But its foreshore at present is a dumping ground for unsavoury refuse, and a breeding ground for malarial mosquitoes, while its unkerbed apology for a footpath is liable to be invaded by motorists to "the danger of all pedestrians. Year after year we re-elect practically the same councillors, but each drops into the old groove. One seldom hears any report of their utterances, and cannot therefore judge of their capabilities. But it is not very far to Hobson Bay, and, I think, all founcillors should feel it incumbent on them to know something, not only of their own suburb, but also of so important a suburb as Lower Remuera— the ugly duckling that will yet develop into the graceful swan. Remuera Ratepayer.