HAMILTON NOTES.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4394, 24 March 1922, Page 1

HAMILTON NOTES.

EMPTY SHOPS'. Some people think that the fact of there being a number of empty shops in Hamilton is proof that the town is at the limit of its progress. Tn a -way this is true. There is no case on record where an inland town w.hich was experiencing a boom did not c.ome eventually to the limit of its magnitude as the development of the surrounding district reached its zenith The coining of this period, heralded by a • temporary overbuilding, is the experience of inland towns t.he world over. In time the present empty shops will be occupied, but it is unlikely that many more will be built beyond the coilfines of the present business area. These limitations of production do not apply so rigidly to a town on a seaboard, wheire there is room for the establishment of industrial concerns. and the facility for import and export trade, both internally and overseas. But there is nothing to cry about, for-Hamilton is just a nice sized town now, solid, and yet not unlweildly—a desirable place to Jive in. In the years to come ifi will be further consolidating and beautifying itself. ■ -