Park Land From Rubbish

Thousands of pounds worth of park land from mud and rubbish.. .....That's the vision behind a City Council experiment now being conducted on the northern bank of Waikanae Creek, at the end of Derby Street.

The council's sanitation committee, with Mr Geoff Watts as chairman, plans to reclaim acres of land by controlled tipping of refuse.

The site of Athletic Park, Wellington, was built up by the same method.

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View of the tip area. Refuse is covered with soil and sawdust at the end of each day.

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Mr. E. Denham, sanitary inspector, Mr Watts, and Mr Ted Akroyd, who supervises tipping.

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City engineer, Mr N. R. Sanderson (centre) inspects work on new drain.

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This sign is obsolete now.

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Reclaimed land on which station wagon is parked shows rapid progress of scheme.