MANUREWA.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 546, 6 July 1920, Page 3

MANUREWA.

BUSINESS PROGRESS. Messrs. Hawthorn and Munro are i contemplating erecting new and up-1 !n-date brick premises »n the corner of the Great South and Hill Roads. Directly opposite, on the other side . f Hill Road, the architects for the Hoard of Education have pegged out the site for the new brick school for the infant classes. It is proposed to , t o'ice erect two large rooms and i orridor, with a front elevation faci.ig the Great South Road, leaving sufficient space to erect another wing it' such be required to accommodate i bout 500 children. A movement is on foot to endeavour to get the Education Board and Ilanurewu Town Board to co-operate , nd make the front of the school playground a model recreation !• round, with seats provided, and

x.ith a view of having a me-i-iorial in honour of men from the <!isti ict who « e their lives in the light for pi.- '. right, and liberty, i.nd up-to ' " -wing boats and atnletii; iii.: ' . '•:> similar lines to ,' ja t i■■ ■; >.i ;i' V.rio ia Park, Auckland „ ~ li, . „i | ' .; ~ disapl,o.. ivi • ■ the ■ oi the Public Works' 1) pain m calling tend,is for the ■■■■■ '<• nof the new post During the next 18 months RJjyiuiowa is' expected to be a scene oi ireat activity. The Town Board expects to have the work in connexion ,/il!, the loan o( £IO,OOO .veil on the vny towards completion, and with the work of the erection of the new ost nlTice, additions to the school, • nd Messrs. Hawthorn and Munro's icw structure, a modest, calculation is that with building and road imorovemei.H. etc., <e,er *.2'>,""■•' should he expended. Mi and Mrs. Pattullo, who were; in , ',;,,.,■,. „r the local post office, inth- , ,-t'i in Mr. A. Craig's premisis, have

j-lt. tlio district. A temporary post ( fli.-c has been obtained in promise.; . pposite Mr. ('raid's residence. Miss 'lonan, who hails I com Auckland, i; officiating' as temporary poslrnis--1 ress. PiH'utinsc of p ro;)3rly. Properties, residential and otherwise, are changing' hands freely at •>ood values. A number of persons who have acquired sections intend to

build, but building progress is retarded owing to the scarcity of, and difficulty experienced, in obtaining building material. School Funds.

The Manurewa School Committee have decided on an energetic campaign to raise funds in order to purchase a piano for the Public School. A concert will be given about the end of July by Auckland artists, and subscription lists will shortly be in circulation.