OUR DISAPPEARING BEACHES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19141, 6 October 1925, Page 7

OUR DISAPPEARING BEACHES.

Sir,—lt is with regret - that ■ I read almost daily in the papers schemes to beautify Auckland's beaches. Most of these so-called improvements consist of a concrete road right on the beach, which completely destroys the work of nature ami at the same time makes the beach quite unsafe for children. I think most New Zealanders like to live on or near a beach, and children will spend all their 1 time on the sands. Is it right to destroy their birthright? What will they think of us in the years to come? Could a mother allow her children to cross the concrete speedway unattended to be at the mercy of any road hog or drunken motorist? No, in justice to the coming generations Aucklanders must wake up. A road to the beach is a necessity, but a road on the beach is a crime. Many of these much-travelled tourists have never seen more than one or two of the Continental beaches, and only those favoured by popular tours, but they fail to see that the work _ of nature is never destroyed. Artificial beaches have been made both in Europe and England, but the ideal foreshore for a beautiful beach is undoubtedly a park or a reserve, where whole families can enjoy themselves in comfort and without danger, S Alton.