TWENTY YEARS ON

Southland Times, Issue 18845, 10 June 1920, Page 7

TWENTY YEARS ON

INVERCARGILL RK VISITED. '“Forty veep- nn" was the motif of a poem that has touched many a heart with realisation of the chang-s that Time has in store. And even k’ll years or less may see great changes worked not only in regard to personal associations but in the wider movement of communities and nations as, in regard tu the latter, Germany has discovered. More pleasant have been the discoveries made in regard to Invercargill by Mr J. ('romhie Semi, an eleclrieal engineer of note, who has returned It' this town after an absence of two d-ead'-s. Twenty live years ago. the nliier residents will doubtless recall, >1 r Scott and another starred a foundry wu-ine-s in Forth -M-'rt. (he (inn be-ing known a.. Wyltr an i Scott, and Mr Scott spent live y-ars here. Now. • -:) his return, lie is impressed by i lie change.- all tor th- good, he will tell you. “’t >f course," -end Mr Scott, dieussiug the mist and the present with a Times reporter yes-terdny. "then- were no electric trams or light in my tune, while a motor car was a rarity in ll'dd. Horse cars r::n to Wtiikiwi. bur the service they gave was scarcely convenient. Along the train route in this direction there were no houses between the Hospital and Avenal : this was a stretch of Chinese gardens. Then, round about Roseda!:-, when- then- are now a few houses, t was nothing but. bush to be seen. In. tins cimic-ction, I notice tint the Lush has been taken away from about the river. This was on.c-* a beautiful spot, and a re--'r- fo. ur'-d py pien —kers, so it is a pity ihat a reserve was not set aside. When I left here the Rosfdale mills were in course of erect ion Mr Scott also talked of the changes in South Invercargill which hail expanded considerably. he stud, since hi' residence here. d’„y street, with its collection of large buildings, hud also impressi-d (urn. Big Mr Scott is aware of g change other than m the outward appearam-e of the town. -Many of the businesses have passi-d into the ’minds of t.!v younger gmier.ili■ >;;. and they, he states, seem much mop- progressive than their forebears. Mr Scot!, who has had wide experience as an electrical engineer, and has now rrmiiipni-r-ii practice in 1 io. erc.'irgdl. is sW'ngiy r rcour-.ble to the hydro elect me ji-licm-'. This cl 'ss of do. i-lopriieni should pc eoeoii r ; ; gnd. he decl-.in-s. if only to conserve the dominion’s wood and coal.