PROGRESSIVE MASTERTON
The one town that’ is going ahead faster than any other in .New Zealand at the present time is Masterton. Notwithstanding the extraordinary high cost of building material, houses are going up in every direction, and the supply is by no means equal to the demand. Particularly good taste is being displayed in the architecture of the new residences, and in the manner in 'which tiie grounds are being laid out, •and a very noticeable feature is the number of beautiful gardens which surround the residences new and old. The presence of a number of spring-fed streams in the higher parts of .the borough has been taken advantage of' in many eases to enhance the landscape effects. Wealthy settlers in the neighbourhood are acquiring land and bunding town residences on a more or less elaborate scale. The .Soldiers’ Club at .Vlasterton is a residential one, and the citizens by weekly socials organised by a committee of ladies, promote' entertainments for tkc returned men and the soldier students at the Penrose training
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Otaki Mail, Volume 27, 17 November 1919, Page 4
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173PROGRESSIVE MASTERTON Otaki Mail, Volume 27, 17 November 1919, Page 4
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