THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto : Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1922. BEAUTIFYING SOCIETY.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4418, 24 May 1922, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto : Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1922. BEAUTIFYING SOCIETY.

The annual meeting of the Paeroa Beautifying Society will be held shortly, when the first year’s working will be reveiwed during the course of the aunual report. There can be no gainsaying the fact that the Society has accomplished something - of benefit to the town; the rockery at the Thames road corner, the band’ rotunda in the main street, the bubble fountain, the work in progress at the Railway Station, and other work, being all effectively designed to improve appearances. And judging by the amount of use they get, the handsome and substantial park seats donated by Mr. S. J. Laughlin are very much appreciated. Unfortunately, subscriptions have ttot come in as freely as might reasonably have been expected, and therefore the Society has been handicapped. It does not seem to be 'fully realised that the work of the Beautifying Society is a necessary' accompaniment to the progress ot the town. In Thames, tor example, the shopper having time on his or her hands can spend a few very pleasant hours strolling about the near-by parks, and find rest on the seats freely placed at various points. Right in the middle of Pollen Street, on the Presbyterian Church ground, there are seats under the trees, where town and country peop e alike are glad to rest during business visits ; there is also a ladies’ rest room adjacent. People are not going to look forward with pleasure to shopping in Paeroa it they are obliged io walk the streets all the time they are waiting fur trains, or the motor busses to the Hauraki Plains. Beauty ,is the most captivating thing in the world ; none can re-ist the appeal of lovely surroundings ; a charmingly beautified town will always draw the people to it for preference. Even those who have no eye for the beautiful can yet support the Society from motives of self-interest, it is a duty that every man having a stake in the town owes to himself and to the town wherein he gets his living to see to it that the Society is given ■'more encouragement to carry on with its well planned scheme, A duty is a duty, whether it be a legal one or a moral obligation and: the shirking of it in the hope that otheis will carry the burden, is bound to end in failure. Most people want beauty, but do not realise that this quality is a fruit of duty—well and faithfully done. “ Straight is the line o|f. duty, t Curved is the line of beauty ; Follow the first and thou sb,alt see The second ever follow thee.”