a Municipal Monstrosity

NZ Truth, Issue 1062, 1 April 1926, Page 1

a Municipal Monstrosity

Auckland has at last a monument worthy of the mental ability of her city (step) fathers.

(From "Truth's" Special Auckland Representative.)

WHEN, the entrance-way to the I Parnell Park was revealed to the public m its completed form Lhe majority of Queen City dwellers stood back and gaped m awe. Here was indeed something worthy of attention. An edifice to endure, to inspire, to convey the wild and giddy heights to which municipal imagination can soar. With a modesty which is rare m local bodies, the construction was not ornamented with a tablet bearing the name of the architectural genius responsible for the wonderful work. ' "Truth" has, however, discovered that m the reign of Sir James Gunson, following on the demolition of the existing buildings m the park —

After all, what is a thousand or two htre or there? This may, of course, include the cost o' the low wall which bounds one side of the park. It will doubtless be said so. There are on the parks' committee several astute business men, and it is to the point to ask whether these gentlemen would have approved the expenditure of such a sum, or a proportionate sum, on any non-productive structure to do with their business? NEGLECTED BATHS "Within cooee are the Parnell baths, a popular and handy, resort m the summer time. "Truth" can speak with first-hand knowledge when it asserts that these baths j are a disgrace to any town boasting a municipality.