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I TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
Sir,-Would it not be very unwise for the Govern- ment to hurnodly enter upon the exocut'Ou of anv permanent work m connection with the forthcoming celebration ? Mistakes under hurry and excitement ale generally vory serious ones. Some months uga whou 1 ventured to christen our worthy Premier lil« Haussmaon of Now South Wines, I did not then think it possiblo for bim tu be (aa reported) a part* to such a national misfortune as would be inflicted upon us by forming a road around the foreshores of the Botanic Garden:. Not« itlmtaudmg the report, I do not believe that Sir William will ever permit such a desecration of the most beautiful public garden of Australia, and I venture to say, from Nature's point of view, that there ure few in the world its equal.
The most appreciative of us do not admire these gardens as strangers do. Are we, in the forthcoming demonstration of our entering upou nationhood, t3 put before the world as an object lesson our want of appreciation in what Natura bas so lavishly doue for us in these gardens i
Will nut our distinguished visitors justly question our fitness for the work of cono»iviug and building a brand new city to be the capital of Australia, when we set to work and destroy the channing features of Sydney, namely, the desecration of Hyde Park and
the Botanic Gardens ?
I am, &c,
J. HORBURY HUNT.