To the Editor of the "NontH-CHINA DALY News."
Sir—In view of the interest that has been aroused by my letter of the 23rd February in which I suggested that the Council should quire the Majestic Site for a Pub-Tie Garden, Town Hall, Library, ete,, I think it is desirable to make a further statement to clear misapprehensions which n, and also to answer objections and criticisms been advanced, Firstly I should like to state that the suggestion in my previo ter that the present Municipal Offices in Foochow Road might be Gold aril moved to the Majestic site i was only, as I stated clearly, a future possibility; it does not form Part of the present plan, and will haturaily not form part of any resolution which may be moved at the forthcoming Ratepayers Meeting.
'The proposal with which we are concerned at present is that the Council should acquire the-Majes~ tie Site for a Public Park, Town Mall, Concert, Hall, Public Library, and' such other amenities as. the Council. may decide, This. statement will, f trust, enable Mr.
Wilson—and others who think with him—to give me their "un qualified support, It has been suggested in influential quarters that, the shoul know, if they ive a decision pinion, it a Reasonable suggestion and T think "that ifthe "Council feels that "sufficient public support gsalready indicated, then the Coun-it's architects or the Public Works Department should be asked bring forward their, suggestions or plans showing just how they would Propose to utilize the site if the Fatepayers gi thei approval to the purchase.
Secondly, in regard to price, in order to Clarify the issue 1 can Hate that the price at which the prevent holders of the property are fulling to sell to the Shanghai
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