OUR RESERVES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14382, 27 November 1908, Page 11

OUR RESERVES.

TO TUB EDITOR. Sin—l observe a letter from Dr R. S. Stephenson, objecting to the holly hedge which lias been planted along the Anderson's 3Vay frontage ol the southorn reserve. It may interest your correspondent to know that the laying .out of this reserve is being tarried out in accordance with a scheme recommended by the committee of the Amenities Socictv, arrived at after much coii-iJemlion. Shortly put, it, is this: The i v.i oio of tho interior is to lie left open and laid down in grass, without shrubs, plots, or ot>?i motions of any kiiwl, so that it will bo nvailaiihi foe games and military displays. Along the Princes street and Kensington frontages a double row of trees will be planted witJi a wide walk between, but, nn tin: Anderson's Bay frontage there will be vow of trees only, the outer re, liiere replaced by the holly hedge objected io. Alohr the Kensington frontage the trees will he kept back sufficiently to fdloiv of the widening of the road the.ro to a width equal to the other roads bordering on the reserve. The reason which induced the committee to recommend the planting of the hedgo was a climatic one. It. is wnll known that ono of tho chief • drawbacks to Duncdin is the. cold northeasterly wind that blows up the harbour in eunnni i', and it was thouglii«that if shelter coiiid be obtained from this too prevalent chilly breeze the pleasure derivable from t!,e u~e of the reserve as a plate of recreation would be so greatly enhanced that My objections, suoh as those raised liv yiv.'.r correspondent, be more than eountcrbalancad. The coinmittoo also rnccur.'ne.iHled that no exclusive rights should he granted on this reserve to any clubs, but -hut it should be reserved for tho use of all. so that the small boy, or anyone flke; could pitch his wickets, or indulge in olhnr games at any time or place within its aix ; a, so that it would, in the fullest sense, bo a public playground I was, therefore, glad to see that the City Council had t-o£u<j&rJ to grant permission for the construction of ian asphalt tennia court • within its are-a. 'The work is being carried out by the city, but tho Amenities Society ( provide ibo hollies and trees.—l am, etc., ... / A. Bathgate, ■ Hb». iSMffe-iary Reserves Conservation, ■' Society