Published on Tuesday and Friday Afternoons. FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1921. DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 597, 7 January 1921, Page 2

Published on Tuesday and Friday Afternoons.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1921. DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT.

.vmakes it imperative to again enlarge, and so Pukekohe,.like a lusty child, is growing ail the time. One more evidence of the remarkable development of this town is the nowlyerected handsome Technical School, which is to be opened by the Prime Minister early in February. Many larger towns in the Dominion do not possess a building for technical school purposes anywhere equal to this new building, just erected, and yet there arc those who state that at the rate the district is growing, the school will, in the course of a year or two need additions. This is a healthy sign, and is a good indication of what is ahead of the district. The public-spirited citizens whose efforts have resulted in the erection of the Technical School have set a fine example to the town. The same optimistic and courageous spirit which carried that deal through can do the same in other directions. It could form and run a beautifying society which would plant trees, improve corners, and generally add to the attractiveness of the place. Much could be done in this direction around Pukekohe. The town has already reached the size when it wants skilful watching to guide it along lines which will make it more .than a mere business centre, and all this is work for the public-spirited. Let us co-operate to develop in every possible way the interests,of franklin, and urge on the growth of Pukekohe, not forgetting that in buildin;; up a town that a thing of beauty is a joy for ever.

The progressive spirit of the Franklin district has become proverbial. The county is an object lesson to the Dominion with its up-to-date farming methods, and the keen in- j terest displayed in increasing production and general development. As is usual where fanning communities arc progressive, the trading centres in their midst automatically follow suit, and the towns in the Franklin district are vigorous, virile and throbbing with the spirit of vapid growth. This spirit of quick development is nowhere more manifest than at Pukekohe. Business men increase their premises only to find that as short a period as three

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