LUNGS FOR THE PEOPLE
A MAGISTRATE’S VIEW. In forwarding a donation to the Athletic Park Retention Fund, Mr D. G. A. Cooper, S.M., chairman of the Military Service Board, wrote in the following strain: —I hold very strong ideas on the necessity of having breathing spaces and sports grounds for the'young. What Wellington will do in the future when the population gets to;a respectable size, heaven only knows. ‘ The few small pocket-hand-kerchiefs we have at the present day are insufficient even for the present number, in~ my opinion.", I deplore the fact that the scheme of Sir Francis Bell (then Mr H. 3>. Bell, Mayor of Wellington) for the purchase of Miramar was so strenuously opposed, and ,T shall never cease to bear a grudge against the opponents of that scheme. .What a God-send are the parks of London to the poor people, especially the children, and if that were recognised by our councillors and others in authority here perhaps something might be done in the direction of an endeavour to get more recreation grounds hero. I hope your oampiaign will meet with success, and I Wah you wore getting many more big Subscriptions.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9758, 6 September 1917, Page 5
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194LUNGS FOR THE PEOPLE New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9758, 6 September 1917, Page 5
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