To the Editor of the "Nonta-Cua Datty News."
Sin,—During this hot and sultry summer I, in company probably with many other Bubbling Well district residents, have bad occasion to frequently visit the breathing places of Shanghai, chiefly the Public Gardens, the Bund foreshore, and the Hongkew Park. During my meditations in the cool of the evening the ion has repeatedly occurred to Why is the Bubbling Well District absolutely devoid of any similar open space?" whilst the Hongkew, the business area and the French Settlement are all well provided for in the way of parks. True, the Recreation Ground is about midway between the Bund and Bubbling Well, but this is almost exclusively park with bandeds, etc. Bubbling Well parents must have often felt the need of a recreation place for themselves and their children within reach of their homes, and I personally have often been struck with the danger and unhealthiness of al-fowing amahs and children to sit about the side walks in the dust flurry of motor-cars and other traffic as they, do at present.
T hear that the splendid square of vacant ground opposite the Vu Yuen Gardens and bounded on three sides by the Avenue, Hart and Bubbling Well Roads could be acquired comparatively cheaply at the present time. It is an ideal site for a park and the only one at all suitable for the purpose. Probably never again will the opportunity of acquiring such a site occur, and I sincerely trust that our City Fathers will see the reasonableness of this sugges-
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