WELLINGTON’S SUPREMACY.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2144, 29 July 1907, Page 4

WELLINGTON’S SUPREMACY.

A BEEHIVE OF PROGRESSIVE INDUSTRY.”

(Evening Post.) “Supremia a situ,” tho Wellington Corporation’s motto, implies that this city’s strategic position must giv< it pre-eminence among tlio centres. Tho Latin phrase has been vulgarly, but neatly, translated thus “We are it, because we aro here. Wellington began to move rapidly ahead a few years ago, and tho pace bis become faster year by your. It is a common comment that tlio capital of New Zealand is all ahvo, ,l place of hustle and bustlo. Other cities of tho colony aro progressing steadily, but Wellington is galloping just now. A realisation of tho speed is given by a glance at the annual report of tho Town Clerk, Mr. J. It. Palmer. This publication, covering twenty-sevon largo pages, shows that tho tramways have been extended considerably during the past twolvo months, tho Electrical Syndicate, has boon bought out, land has boon purchased for a public abattoir, a museum has been foundod at Newtown, tlio building of a now refuse destructor has been commenced, a new reservoir is boing constructed at Karori, a zoological garden has been initiated in Newtown Park, IVillis street lias had some widening, a crematorium is on tlio way. Private building operations have boon briskly continued, and, altogether, there has boen sufficient movement onward to warrant Mr. Palmer’s filial note “Municipally considered, lie states, “Wellington has been a veritable bee-liive of progressive industrv, and promises to bo more so in the future. With the many works in hand and completed, and the general development on every side, it is safo to state that no other municipalitv sonth of the line has made such rapid strides in the same or any similar period.’’ The tribute is all tli * more justifiable when it is remembered that the Harbor Board, on. tlio wafer front, is keeping pace with the Council ashore. The wharfage accommodation, already the envy of othei ports, is being very appreciably increased, and the dock is loom-

ing up. It is pleasing to find evidence that J[r Palmer is thoroughly imbued will tho spirit of the times. His vot > is unreservedly cast for tho niunicipalisation of tho milk supply, which, ho declares, “may shortly he an accomplished fact,” and lie sees “no reason why a general market for the foodstuffs,' including moat, fish, a i 1 vegetables, with efficient inspection ensuring parity and soundness, should not be established in the near future.” On the immaterial side, the Council is giving the people free instruction by the admirable literary lectures, free entertainment by tho bands, and may bo expected to make the, Town Hall organ’s isolation a little less splendid. The Mayor lias promised that tho City Council will da its share in the provision of a larger Art Gallery for the people, and with this desirable improvement, in conjunction with a brightening of tlio landscape by the judicious planting of trees and shrubs, Wellington will, indeed, be a city of cities. For material comfort, in spite of the crowding of tho houses together, Wellington is a good place of residence, and schemes for supplying delight for the mind are making some headway.