SUMNER IMPROVEMENT.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 826, 3 October 1916, Page 6

SUMNER IMPROVEMENT.

To the Editor of THE SIN. Sir, —Some few da\s ago n Utter appeared in one of >mir morning contemporaries over the signature of "A Sumner Ralepa\cr." suggesting thai a piece of land fronting mi the beach should be secured aid improved for the double purpose of increasing the bcaiilv ol the place and providing ioomi lor :its ami shelters. The block ol land is silualeil just over the lramwa> bridge, and fronts oil the esplanade and (■ration Street, and as ii is vacant it was pointed mil thai now il night be secured at a reasonable ii"!. whereas later, when it is built upon, the pi ice might be prohibitive. Ihe idea seems a good one. In:! I have not notice,l that il has been backed up. The advantages «.| an ■ menial reserve al such a spot a,v s>i obvious that there is scarcel) used to enlarge on them. In \ i ,i- s to come its value would be inestimable. Might I suggest that The Sun could help ill this matter. I am. etc.. sfMNKH !Mi'M<>\ i:mi:.\ r.