MUTILATION OF RESERVES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12933, 28 March 1904, Page 3

MUTILATION OF RESERVES.

TO THE BDITOH. ■ Si%4As a'' lover of' our publijo parits and reserves'; I-.wish to draw attention to the .destruction) of'.'treses, fcncing, seats, ■ efe goes on. evory day by school children, ably .hacked: up, unfortunately, vbyj.hoodlumsyof' 16..t0 20, amlin /some casos ; by. Any Sunday afternoon in VictGria Park cloziMis of boys and ,girls may bo SMii-climbir.jr ; trees and' Barbed-wire fenccsj and disturbing the. pona', by fishing for tadpocs and .'frogs;, to the annoyance, tip: visitors, as well as tlio injurv of the reserve. The samo thing goes on in' ihevWob'dliaugh; ■Gardens;' Cannot the Amenities Society n>a!;e some arrangement whereby, if tho .'polirolvcanript' take the 1 Oversight. of t)i«.-e grounds _ou Sundays, Saturday afternoons, and;'holidays;; they may be supervisedby members, willing, to act in tixb capacity oi rangers in the common interest'; lf.thay ■wero provided with somo credential from the proper authorities, there are numbers of : respected citizcns who ivouid'. doubtless be ' devpisoj.'-a*' littlo' atte-fiitiqii.'Jto-' : this matter, and-in a quiet lvay eduato the thoughtless ones on tho spot. lii meat cases it-would: bo unhee'e^iry,to. go 'of faking down canics; still, if tho.practices complained cf wcro persisted' in after du6. : warnmg.oh;tKo\spbtj .this'course would generally., be effectual.—l am, ctci, "V'-; C. J. 11.