Preservation of Scenery.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12440, 18 December 1903, Page 6

Preservation of Scenery.

i DEPUTATION TO SIR JOSEPH WARD. Sir Joseph Ward, who airi\e.J from the Xoith je-5-torduy, nut at the breakwater by a deputation, i\ho desired to bring im ler his noti.-e the need for preserving certain s- onery in the Mang-aotald Gorge, on he .\\\a-kino-Te Jvniti roal. The wishes of tho deputation were embodiod in a stti<emont. which had been prepared by Mr O'Sullivan, tho well-known life insurance repiv^uiNative, who takes a kern interest in t}«e subject . Mi % Samuel, who met Sir Josf.f.h Warrl, as a personal friend, nJ^o urged on the Minister, the desirability of i preserving- scenery in the district. Sir Joseph Ward, i n reply to the deputation, promised to look iato <ie matter carefully on his return to Wellington, and Io ;;i\(i the u-ib-hes of -.ho deputation every eons.ideiYii.ion. The members of the deputation v.ere Messrs W. H. SkinMor. r - L. \mvman, D. 0. Sullioin. W -V Collis, W r . T. Jennings anil I1"..I 1 ".. M. Sin'ih (M.'sH.R.), N. K. T\lacDiarmid arc] others. Rir Jost'ph Ward said ihat -i C-m-niission on Scenery F'rci-crvat u^« v. oitlrl soon, ho appointed, and he v,n uld k-p fhat this spot was one of tho iir^t places visited. Bargains in footwear, bargains in neckwoar, bargains in hatK, caps, shirts. The Melbourne offers elegance to tho man spending money freely, and tho best economy to the man spending money carefully, to both it gives the largest value received. The Melbourne is tho bargain corner, the home of little prices.* "A merry Christmas" will be on the lips of everybody— some will mean it and -some won't. Thore's no man living who can feel happy in a baggy run-down nuit. The happiest fellows about town are those who have bought their suits at the Melbourne Clothing Company.*

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