To the Béitor of the ""Nonta-Cuna Datty News.
Sm—-Nothing struck me more your paper this morning than, the Feproductions of the new municipal The whole thing in my opinion devoid of style and teste, end hows such lack of competence on the Dart of the maker, and on the part Df the persona who have accepted i, that I esimot find words enough to express my disgust.
Really {think the thing 0 hideous that T wonder whether it is expected that a single person in the world, mending the designer of the Sun-Yat-Sen dollar would be found to-admire it, The main objection Thad against the design of the old feat, was that it was too detailed for practical purposes, but as far the new one is concerned it, {en times worse, Tt has surprised me that after all the efforts decorators of authority have made to convince the world that Fonlistie, photoneaphiike, repro Hone ate wnvaited for decorative Grostest ports of the world, should oes, Shanghai, one of the
Yentare to. bate the world with a hing: like this, lacking all unity design and construction, and show-{ng a fow scrappy reproductions of A steamer obviously foating on water in the air, vomiting smoke to the tight.
(b) A factory, obviously exeetdon a piece of land, in the air, spitting smoke to the lett.
(e) A pagoda trying not to fall through a sheet of paper, seen tranaverte section, the steamer; her bows are! not those of a merchant ship and there is something behind the funnel and in front of the aftermast' which I cannot identify. This course may be due to the difficulty of reproducing the seal in a newspaper.
Seeing that there is evidence of strong public feeling against acceptance of the new design, may I very strongly recommend the Councit to reconsider its decision in this very important matter, and to submit all designs to Ratepayers before the next Ratepayers Meeting, on which occasion a final vote could be taken on the subject.
T am, ete, ff, Bevracn.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.