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Hokitika Guardian, 1 May 1925, Page 2

Strkf.t beautification <if residential localities is (cniing into vi gue greatly in many towns. Grey mouth included, and Hokitika might well pattern by her larger neighbor in this matter. In some of the North Island towns, t:

residents of the streets are combining to provide ami maintain the unused, portion of the street in front of their premises as a lawn plot with ornamental trees er shrubs plated at regular intervals to form an avenue. The effect it can be well understood. Is quite pleasing and gives tie- thoroughfare a cleanly and orderly appearance. Some of the residential streets in ILUiLika might well he treated in this manner and the local body invited to 1 ipo the gaping drains which do not add to the better appearance of the .streets. This i> a question, perhaps, w hi> h the Beautifying Society might take tip and endeavour to interest the citizens in. A well-directed campaign in regard to street beautifying would be of some advantage and once appearance.- began to improve, we should hope the public generally would Ik? encouraged to proceed with the work, and with the heartv co-operation of the Borough Come il. a ] leasing transformation would come to pass creditable to all concerned.

Apropos of the subject just mentioned, we notice the Boy Scouts are anxious to d> something to assist themselves in the proposed visit to Dunedin. Perhaps it might he possible to induce the Borough Council to make a grant to the Boy scouts for services rendered if the Hampden street frontage of the school reserve from Brittan Street to Sale Street, for instance, were put in seemly order. A working bee of tuis nature would fc« a practical start, and it would

lie nil example to the rising generation generally of what might he done in citizen service to help make the beautiful. There is the ocean bench, also, in need of attention more or less constant. if visitors and others are to he pleased v. illl the aspect afforded on the ocean front. This is a subject of frefluent reference hut nothing permanent results, yet. the (leaning up of the beach and the prevention of the recurring offence of depositing unsightly heap.; of rubbish. are matters for pres-

sing attention if the town is to have a creditable record for work of the e|iara< ter referred to. There is ample scope for beautifying work in and about the town if the right lead he given, and the benefit of such effort would -an he pleasantly apparent.