PETONE NOTES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 35, 5 November 1918, Page 7

PETONE NOTES

■' y ——>~ '.- ' ,: -THE,'',H'OU'SrNC4 QUESTION. . - ~ :,V": (Special Correspondents;) That.»,tW... houajng. question is a real and liv9*(i'uestion in Petbne is the pai'nfulVexpenetico, of many persons resident there, and also:worild-bo residents. A representative'of The Domxiox wJio inquired intc'the question gathered some interesting facts. Deposits arc being put down' on houses, tenants are given notice to, get oufe They aro often faced with the problem of'where to go, as there aro no'empty houses and none building. . Quite. a number of families are. being driven to live over shops. Ono family who now reside over a shop has had two.houses sold over their heads. The Mayor (Mr.,J. W; M'Ewan), discuss, ing: the subject, said he was doing tho best he. .could. .There was not much chance of the council building cottages atthe presents me. There was.no by-law in force at•;present, such' as applied in "Wellington, prevonting'people living over shops. ..■■•■;

. }l big.'Cilort is to.be made'this.coming summer to populate the Petonc beach and Esplanade. Several residents "of Hie town have leased, a' section near to the beach-and intend to erect an "Ocean Wove" on the section. It is'the..intension to put' in a dynamo . and run tbo "Wave" on summer evenings and Saturdays. ";T'he, Municipal Band, being 6iibsidised;:;will arrange programmes of music for; the .summer evenings, > and with *oati'ng, fishing, and bathing facilities, the inhabitants of the Hutt Valleyare looking forward to real enjoyment when the long-delayed warm weather comes. , ' .