A CITY IMPROVEMENT
THE CDURTENAY PLACE RESERVE, A. »loomy reproach to Courtenay Placs has been removed by tho clearing away, of that sombre clump-of trees surround* ed by a close- picket -fence, and known, lor want of a better title, as the fcnirt-. enay Place Reserve. The whole of to* shrubs, moth-eaten palms, and /under, growth, have now been ■ cleared, away, with the exception of a line of-. -trees down ae .centre of the reserve (no* divided into three islands by concrete intersecting paths). The ground has bee* reeraded, the soil sifted, and t 1= nowj being carpeted with turf.-it too late in tho season to sow the with seed. With the whole of the arc* neath- carpeted with turf, and well; looked afte? for the first year or » tW reserve should be a fine eye-rest, bteidcs serving a useful nnrpweas a . W* £■ wheeled traffic. .-• The whole of the ie-, aerve is' being surrounded bv a concrete, d walk, which is only turf TSy a ten-inch concrete keih. lh« : "keep-off-the-srnss" regulation wiU hvc% to be strictly applied in order to kee» the turf in anything liko order. x
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 28, 27 October 1917, Page 8
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188A CITY IMPROVEMENT Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 28, 27 October 1917, Page 8
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