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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11185, 6 August 1898, Page 4

OCEAN BEACH AND ST. CLAIR. TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —My attention has been, drawn to a letter by Colonel Morris anent.the Ocean Beach pro . tection, dated July 23, which appeared in your . paper. As I am frequently absent from Dunedin, this letter escaped me; but now that mjr attention has beeu drawn to it, I will, with your ■ permission, insert this letter in your columns endorsing Colonel Morris's suggestions. , The protection of the beach is undoubtedly a matter of concern to the public, and as a citizen I airt willing to assist with my advice in the matter. The question of preventing encroachment baa in the mind of the public apparently assumed proportions which appear difficult of solution; whereas the matter, from on engineer's standpoint, is a Bimple one. Take ths cases in question, as also the resultants of the physical conr. ditions. affecting, every other Ijeach exposed td the sea. No one can recall "ever having seen a sandy beach having a deep jndent. The line of beach is what, for present purposes, may be considered. as practically a straight line be-/ tween points of beach formation from headland • to.headland. The sea does not.cut a deep iadent unless the natural conditions are inters , fered with. Suppose in the case of the. pceari Beach that a tongue of rock to high-water level, and in a position half-way between' Lawyer's • and Pdrbury Headts, had extended seaward as far as these bluffs, it is natural to conceive time , each division ot the'beach east arid west of thia ■ tongue would have been accompanied, by beaches extending further seaward than the present beach could ever have progressed. Continuing ' the division further, aud assuming that the. beach is cut up-by groynes into a number ofbays, it should be evident that these minor beaches will follow the law which governs the larger ones, and that deep indents in them will not occur; and this being so, the high and low water marks will be further seaward than the roots of these groynes, which roots in the case of the Ocean Beach would be the present etona high-water line. In my report to the Domain Board I, having in view the formation ol an esplanade, advised a heavy, loose rubble protection, extending/ along the beach in conjunction wiih groynes! As. however, a cheaper schema appears to be more in touch with tho general wish, the wall, as a frontage to an esplanade, might be cancelled, and in substitution for it an embankment be made for the purpose only of convey- . ing the material to the sites of the groynes. These groynes might ba, say, 306 ft apart, and ' extended seawards IGCt't tc"lsoft, as the conditions surrounding each required. Their root should be constructed to above storm-water level, and from this they may fall away to low water level at their points. The distance which should be covered by these groynes, measured from St. Clair, should bo, at least, 35 chains, which would protect from eroaion. say, 10 chains wore, and their approximate cost, including all charges, should be about £4300. Thia distance ' would suffice, but it would be preferable to extend them to cover 60 chains of beach. I would raise my voice in warning against half measures. The sea does not agreo with works carried out in driblets, and to protect St. Clair 11 chains of such barriers as could ba constructed within reason would prove useless. Tho matter of stopping encroachment . is simple, and placing tho question of an esplanade on one side, the method foreshadowed by; Colonel Morris of constructing groynes is undoiibtedly sound; and if tho groynes bo properly constructed, the salvation of the beach, will be assured.—l am, etc. Leslie H. Reynolds. CONSTIPATION. BILIOUS HKADACHE9, SKVKRE INDIGESTION .SPEEDILY AND PERMANENTLY CURED. Coffee Palace, Dnnedin, July 15,1895. The Manager, Loasby's WahooMfp. Co. (Ltd.). Dear Sir,—For rna&y >e»rs 1 had been a grea^ sufferer from Nervous Dyepepais, constantly spitting up foorl after meals: sour and acid ■ eructation?, nccompanied with flatulence, bilious headache, difficulty of breathing, and constipation. I tried most of the various well-known remedies, without any lasting benefit. I was advised to try Loasby's W*hoo. I took about 30 drop doses in hot water after each meal, with the result that my food assimilated easily, my bowels beciune regular, and all my other symptoms disappeared. (Signed) Allen M. Huxtable, LOASBY'S WAHOO, price 2s Gd, and KOOLIBAH (for all Pains), price 2s, everywhere or post free from LOASBY'S WAHOO MFG. CO. (LTD KfNG STREET. DUNEDU*