A SUGGESTION.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160734, 21 August 1920, Page 2

A SUGGESTION.

To the Editor. Sir, —As I am only a recent, arrival in this pretty little town, the Mayor and Councillors may think it presumptuous of me to make any suggestions to them. But I can find no place wherein to lay my head: houses are as scarce as Koh-i-noors, and in this place, to misquote from a very old Book, "Pictures and statuary have a plac'e to abide in, but the sons of men have not wherein to lay their heads.” Now, there’s a lovely building in Wanganui bequeathed to the town by a late resident with more money than most people, and therein are stored works of art. Now 1, with my family, are also (ivories ot arc, produced by an Artist whose work cannot he criticised, and of more importance to the town, the Dominion, and the Empire than any of those stored therein. It might settle all questions of finance for tho Council and of comfort for the homeless if this large building ifere let to people like myself who are in search of houses. Wo could pay rents and thus save the ratepayers’ pockets, the men tenants could cultivate the terraces and grow vegetables on the waste land, the pictures could still remain on the walls; indeed the tenants would prefer it so, for a. “thing ol beauty is a joy for ever.” Another way to raise money to pay off the debt on this “white elephant” would be to place toboggan slides down the terraces and charge sixpence a slide. Hoping these schemes will meet with the approval of tho Mayor and Councillors.—l am, etc., HOMELESS.