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Otago Witness, Issue 3854, 24 January 1928, Page 15

lu the lily pond at the Auckland Domain the City Council finds ready to hand a Water supply that will serve to keep the cricket pitches in order on the ground nearby, and steps are being taken to install a centrifugal pump (states the Star). The idea is to pump into a water cart that was formerly used on the macadam roads around the city in the summer- time. Although the flow from the Domain springs is much diminished as a result of the drought, .the authorities hope to get sufficient water from the pond to water all the wickets. In tbe early days of Auckland the pond, which was the centre of a miniature catchment area, was the public water supply, though numerous families found it unnecessary to draw from that Source when crystal-clear springs could be tapped in the vicinity of Queen street.