A LOVER OF FRESH AIR.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 75, 10 August 1868, Page 3

A LOVER OF FRESH AIR.

A PROSPECT. to thh r.Riron op tub btati. Fir,— Tlio Council— op rather the "labour gang "—are getting on with tho planting of tlio Eiiflt Town Holt ; and. I dare say in fifteen or twenty year*, it will look rery well, and bo a pleasant drlvo i thut in, if tho (Council do not— or I mean to nay— if they have not nmdo up their minds to ultor and re-arrango the " beautiful troo.l and shrubs" that aro now being planted, orory two or throo year*. Tho Council, #01110 tinio ngo, decided that trees ivml shrubs sltould be obtained for (he tiust Town Bolt $ and I, having a few on hand, folt a doslro to disposo of them aomo how. and oxpootod that tliu Council would publicly ask for them cither no it gift or to purchase I thought they had All been given by homo portion privately, and that is just what I objected to \ for I considered wo (tho would bo donors), ought not to have boon deprived of noolng our names in print, and sharing in tho honour nnd glory ot contributing towimto UlO "making of tho East Town Beit." Believing that the trees, &o , wcro a dona* tion from aomo ono who had too ninny, 1 nmdo no remarks 1 bui tO'dny I was informed that they havo nil been privately purchased from one o£ our nursery gardens. Now, I oousidcr, if such is tho ease, thut tho Council has acted very unwisely, and, indeed, vorv unfairly towards ua. Why did they not call for tenders, us they should have done, and as all other public bodies would do? And thereby not only secure trees and shiub9 of tho bast, but would, perhaps, get them agrcat deal cheaper. But now that wo nro to havo n plantation that will horenfter bo ft pleasant retreat, I hope tho Council will not loose sight of the fuot that, if tho trues and ehrubs arc to grow, tho ground must bo kept frco from weed*, and not bo allowed to got into tho " awful mess " that tho old plantation was in. Moping that noxt summer will not bring down tho Walmukftrlrl upon it and swamp w all, I remain, Your obedient sorvant, MAGPIE.