FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1917 "THE TOWN BEAUTIFUL."

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 263, 30 March 1917, Page 2

FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1917 "THE TOWN BEAUTIFUL."

The efforts of the Papatoetoe Road Board to make Papatoetoe a veritable, garden suburb of the city of Auckland are most praiseworthy and deserve every encouragement from all owners and every resident. With its convenient train service and being situated only some tea miles out of Auckland Papatoetoe has eminent advantages as a desirable place of residence for the busy city man who after the cares and worries of commercial duties wishes to take advantage of the congenial and healthful surroundings of a country home. But in this the twentieth century, householders look to the controlling local authority to provilo modern conditions that appertain to ..no's c'mfoit. Thus, for instance, in place of muddy roads metalled thoroughfares aio an actual necessity ai.d in ■ Papatoetoe those iatter h ive everywhere been provided_ Properly formed footpaths are next of importance and here again the Papatoetoe Road Board recognise their duty and have already in hand the construction of asphalt-.d paths. Streot lighting is also being attended to and only awuits the promised erection by the A uckland Gr.s Company of a gasometer in the district to be largely extended Then again the charm of a country town, especially if it is in th" suburban area, is enhanced if it possesses sylvan

qualities and with that idea the Town Board have initiated a Beautifying Scheme, in which tree planting is a leading factor. The proposal is to transform bare roads as they exist at present into picturesque avenues and towards that end owners are invited by the Board to make a gift of trees of a suitable kind, the Board undertaking to carry out the planting of the same. This project is one that should apnea! to jth') residents of the district and should -i£igjie__o.imli«4— &Bd" fesarty ! suup-jrt from everyone interested in Papatoetoe's progress.