the Editer of the Nortu-Cuxa Danty News." your leader morning points out, Hongkew is much in want of Municipal attention. It makes us who across the water envious, I won't jealous, of our Bubbling Well Road friends' good fortune in having so many new roads opened. But when shall we have another road to ride or cycle on, besides the same old track to the Point? When shall we be able, if we are volunteers, to get to the Rifle Range by a decent road, except by going round three sides of a square? Is it realised in high places that there ix no way of getting from the Yangtsepoo district to the New Rifle Range except by coming to Boone Road? Land is surely no deare~ there than in the Bubbling Well district. Would it not. be possible for, say, the Dent Road to be continued out to the Rifle Range, or some such opening up of the country to be made, so that residents at Wayside and its neighbourhood might. be able to rejoice er experientiam " in the im ments of "our model settlement ing you in anticipation, Lam, ete.
15th nary To the Editor of the Day New:
Sut,—I am gild to see in your issue of Sth instant a protest against the way in which Hongkew interests are neglected.
Residents in that locality are very unfavourably regardsveasy access to open epuntry,; it, is, true. there is the ngtsepoo Road, and" an apology for a Arive down the old railway road" as the Butts station, but the late quite useless, being' narrow and badly led.
Could "not the extension, of the North Szeclien Rout be pushed on more energetic and he mule available for traflie/ The Council announced a they had purchased a large ud for a new Recreation Ground, Dut appar ven done towards ina one has only to look at' the handsome residential blocks in the North Syechuen and Range Roads, (sympathise with their occupants at having to thread their way through crowded streets befor they can emerge westwards from the Settlement; this becomes more irksome in the ammer months, ws the streets become so hot and stuily.
I notice that complaints are mate about the so-called Hongkew Park 5" I think the writer is a little severe on the Council, it is impossible in se confined a_ space as the Parl o in. for extensive shrubberies and flower beds; it is more adapted for a children's playground, and to fill it with trees and plants would be only waste ut time and money, as they
sters. When the new Park is made, the sould regcive yo merey from the young will he plenty of seo} to tell Mr. Aithur how mach better they: could do things, if they were in charge of the plice.
1am, ete., 19th January.
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