A DANGEROUS PLAYGROUND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18175, 22 August 1922, Page 3

A DANGEROUS PLAYGROUND.

Sir,—Last week, while passing through Waimauku, I suddenly found myself in the midst of between 20 and 30 children, who were playing on the road in front of a huge barn-!iko building, labelled "Public Hall." Thinking that perhaps some local entertainment was in progress, I went on my way, and beyond inwardly reviling parents who allowed their offspring to risk their lives on a traffic-laden road, gave the matter little thought. On the return journey, a few days later I was surprised to find the same children on the road again, and, on pulling up and making inquiries, I learnt that the hall was the local school, and that the only playground available was the road. j I also learnt that notwithstanding the J fact that the hall had been used as a j school for about a, year, there seemed to be no intention of getting a proper school building built. Seeing that the road, which the scholars aso as a playground, is the main Northern highway, and that all traffic for the Northern districts and Muriwai Beach must pass the school, it is quite safe to predict that, unless those school children are removed off the road, a serious accident will occur sooner or' later. Motorist.