North Shore Would Attract More People

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 135, 29 August 1927, Page 8

North Shore Would Attract More People

Make Marine Suburbs Ideal for Residential Purposes

tpHE problems and aspiration, * of the North Shore boroughs are likely to be the subject of , conference between the local a ni j other bodies interested in the development of the marine suburbs. Messrs. E. Aldridge and T Walsh, Mayor of Devonport. and recently-elected chairman of the Waitemata Chamber of Commerce, are associating themselves with the idea. Mr. Walsh this morning made m interesting review of the possibility, to THE SUN. .He places four ii at the head of the list of necessities These are: 1. To make the marine boroughs „ tractive places to reside in. 2. To make the means of access from the city as cheap as possible. ™ 3. A little less avarice on the part of land holders on the Shore. ** 4. Securing as efficient local government as possible. “In regard to the first, the citizens in all four boroughs have developed a splendid spirit of civic pride,” rw marked Mr. Walsh. “Beautifying or improvement societies are busily , t work bettering the general appearances of the different residential areas; providing facilities for recreation. and in other directions adding to the amenities of life. ASSISTING NATURE “The North Shore is naturally »a attractive place, especially to those who have a desire to live close to the water, and conscious efforts to assist nature will ultimately make the bor. oughs the show places of the Dorninion. “The transport facilities are no* better than before,” continued Mr. Walsh, “and more convenient than on the city side. Weekly and yearly tickets, without restriction on the number of trips, may be used on anv of three routes. Most of the land now to be cut up is in the regions that are served by alternative routes. “In fact, the superlative advantages now offered by transport systems to the Shore, as compared with the prospects of dear travelling to and from the city for re»idents living in the suburbs to the south, west and east, afford the North Shore its greatest opportunity; one that should be grasped with both hands and thoroughly exploited. “If the new idea of trolley buses for North Shore would enable the weekly 12-trip to Takapuua to be reduced to ss, there would be an exodus of people from the city to the Shore, which can accommodate at least 25,000 more population, right now. MODERN CONVENIENCES "Such conveniences as water, electric power, gas, extensive systems of drainage, concreted main roads and steadily improving secondary streets, modern wharves, low disease-rates, exist, plus all the delights of seaside dwelling. It only wants realisation of the immense advantages that will accrue to the Shore from the increased cost of transport in the city to start a “Shoreward” movement of populfr tion. “In the last 20 years the growth of population on the whole of the North Shore has been 4 per cent, per annum, which was very satisfactory. Mr. Walsh stated that the Mayor of Devonport, Mr. E. Aldridge, and himself, had discussed the desirability of getting all the interested parties together and launching a drive for more people for the four marine boroughs