CAROLINE BAY BATHING STATION

Timaru Herald, Volume CVII, Issue 16612, 22 August 1918, Page 6

CAROLINE BAY BATHING STATION

I p lt ih o-JZdil or of t'j o .':Timaru Hera itl.f* — W c arc nearing auotijer bditUin./ .sf «.son, ;;hd I ofton AVo:>dcr. if it ever sn-;ke» our Council'ors to appoint a carmaker over - th j ' bnthing' ■ station.' capable of'belying n- saving riiy bather getting line cufficuity. "t, seems to me that; lb would be a wi'ie pti.-p to tare to appoint a man so qualified Carohno- (lav is■ a safe bathing place, hut for all lhaT, bathers sometimes venture ■too iar. and are'then in trouble. One 'liioniiug last season as I was striking out tor the raft I noticed a V.-ither heavily snuggling towards it, but ho seemed so oxhausted when he got 5 there tJm'C be couki scarcely wet' up on ■to it." "When. T. got out to tlia raft he .:.e he was afraid lie would' irot. lijanajie tc- reach tho shore himself. He asked mo tb swim alongside so that. : be could put Lis hand 011 mv shou'de 1 ' if he was pumped out. I did so, 1.110 fortunately for ns both lie mav.pgett l-imself. There is 110 use locking the stable door after tho horse has been ;■ stolen. The Council is ready enough to ' take dio public's money. and it) should bo iust jv> ready to soo after tho jnbllc's safety. 1 maintain + hat a, co'-ct.-.ivor over such a bathing stntion a- Timari! has become, .should bo a care-laker over lives as well as money i;iid I leave tho public to judge whether I am'right-"or wroiig.—I am, etc..SHELL.