Letters to Editor:Ccoach stop

Let's be square this time for coach stop

The three Ts: toilets, telephone and taxis - what more do you need for a bus stop?

Clive Square - what could be better? An attractive introduction to Napier, close to retail outlets, somewhere to walk while waiting for the bus. Who needs an out-of-town coach stop?

There will always be objections whatever is decided, but that usually does not stop the council from going ahead and doing what is right for the town: viz all those expensive cycle paths.

There will be a bit of lost revenue from parking meters and hard-earned parking fines.

The weekend market could be relocated to the Marine Parade. I don't think that the lost income from this area should stand in the way of improving Napier's image for the tourists who come here by coach.

We make a big thing of the cruise ships, and the airport is looking pretty good, that just leaves a lack of decent facilities for those who need to travel by coach.

Isn't it time to settle all the hash and make a decision on this?

J Rogers, Taradale

Landmark tree

In November, 1999, I was asked to assist in searching out gardens of interest to be included in the "Tussie Mussie trail" being organised by a committee headed by Sue Calcinai. It was a planned as part of a fund-raising exercise for Taradale High School.

Among the many gardens I visited was a property on Mission Rd.

The owners were Liz and George Curry. On the property was a very handsome evergreen tree which was thought to be about 80 years old. It was a kurrajong tree.

The adjacent property was owned by Lorraine and Des Stephens. The story told to me was that the home in which the Stephens lived was the original homestead and the kurrajong was likely to have been the point at which the horses and gigs turned in off the road (probably Wharerangei Rd) on to the property, making their way up to the main entrance of the homestead for the passengers to alight.

I do not know if the people named still live on those two properties, but the Curry family had intended to keep the tree as a focal point in their garden.

This information is recorded on pages 10 and 11 in the Garden Profile Book commemorative copy which was written at the time

Nell Sang, Hawke's Bay

Double standards

Strangely enough, blowing up innocent civilians in crowded markets is OK but urinating on dead proven terrorists is frowned on?

W Hicks, Napier