BEAUTIFYING THE TOWN.

Putaruru Press, Volume IV, Issue 155, 21 October 1926, Page 4

BEAUTIFYING THE TOWN.

PLENTY OF WASTE SPACES. Cleaning Up Necessary. During an informal talk: on town board matters at the last meeting of the Putaruru Chamber of Commerce, Mr. R. T. Smith urged the necessity for beautifying the township. Mr. Smith stated that he sincerely hoped that one improvement which would result as an outcome of the new board would be the formation of a beautifying society. There were plenty of waste spaces to coyer—(hear, hear) —and even if they were only grassed and fenced it would be a great improvement and a benefit to the town. Mr. Barr Brown pointed out that in many towns a strip of grass was laid down alongside the footpaths, and the occupiers of houses opposite each kept their own strip mown. If this were done it would add to the beauty of the streets. Mr. Griffiths supported, and urged that it was essential for a small loan to be floated for the sole purpose of beautifying the town. Putaruru lent itself admirably for such work; far more so that a town built on the fiat. It was essential to fill up the pond in Princes street, and a loan would be necessary to make a good job of ..that. The modern method of running beautifying societies was for the local body concerned to float a loan and hand it over to the society to spend. The society was incorporated as a committee of the local authority, and two or more members of the town board or borough council as the case, may be, had by right", seats on the executive of the beautifying 'society. Each year a small grant was alsd made towards the funds. Thelsoeiety 1 raised further monies by way of subscriptions and other means. Mr. Smith: One feels far better when amidst nice (Hear, hear). A member: It is a great advertisement, and a paying proposition from a business point of view. Another member: We shall have to ask candidates their views on thfe question.