KAITI RIVER BANK IMPROVEMENT.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16112, 28 April 1923, Page 5

KAITI RIVER BANK IMPROVEMENT.

{To tlie Editor of the Herald.) ' Sir,—lt is highly gratifying to se© that the proposed beautifying of the river hank is considered of such importance as to form the subject of a sub-leader in last evening’s Herald v for it shows that this.'fbtijaial is.as keen as the committee in, it®*’d»sttre‘that’ the river banks adjacent to the memorial, at present lying waste', shall be beautified and mad© nttractiv.a,'., . The position and natural sloped: of the ground all lend themselves to the formation of a -picturesque layout, and' few yet realise what an attraction such beauty-spots, are to any town, disunfortunately is somewhat devoid of sceftid-effects,' which do so much to impress the' visitor besides giving citipride 'in . their surroundings Whin-one travels through other towns tl)ey have done in beautification on©? cannot help switching back to Gisborne’s poor efforts —tho magni-ficent)-work-diono at Palmerston North during the last few years is remarkable both'along the river esplanade andi also i a its Square/ and again it was only the other day at Whakatano I was surprised at ih© work quite recently done there. The entrance to the‘little town was a blaze of color, from flower beds most artistically, arranged amongst rockeries and grass plots, tho effect at once showing that the most had! been macks of the. surroundings. -Why cannot .we do .likewise and! decorate our river bank to the utmost of our ability? ‘> The suggestion made by the 'Herald, that a Beautifying Association should be formed! is- tho : keynote, of a- move in the, right direction, and if followed up entiusiastically by those that se© tho volte of such effortg and with the assistance of tho local press tho object aimed at must bo assured and - those untidy banks bo converted into pleasing vistas, contrasting as they will with the fine concrete bridge that isi soon to replace the old 1 structure, all . tending to form the whole into a finished' programme. Citizens, I pen these lines, in the hope that they will awaken a feeling,- that at least, our town deserves - those little touches of color and refinements that always have an uplifting tendency. I advise -tliat a dofinite plan indicating the work proposed should be prepared. Per--haps it would not be out of place to, invite suggestions from those prepared to submit. design of layout, such designs j to bed submitted to a meeting of citizens and a,'-Vote taken as, tot the one to be selected 1 , or the layout bo left in the hands of the Memorial Committee to prepare a proposal.—Yours, etc., 0. E. ARMSTRONG.