CITY AND SUBURBAN

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 109, 1 February 1934, Page 11

CITY AND SUBURBAN

Happenings About the Town It is proposed shortly to scarify the main’paths of the Karori Cemetery. Wilton Road, between Chaytor Street and the City Council’s Northland depot is being extensively widened by cutting back corners, and the erection of crib walling. The corner of Cashmere Avenue, Kliaiidallah, is to be rounded off, and negotiations are in train with property owners to allow the City Council to have the work carried out. Discontentment is expressed by Khandallah housewives at the closing of the baths by 10.30 a.m. Representations are being made to the Director of Parks and Reserves to have the baths opened throughout the day.

Fears for the preservation of the historical Wade trig station in Highland Park are unfounded. The resevoir now being constructed ou the peak will not interfere with public access to this look-out.

The widening of the main Wadcstown Road between Orchard Street and Pitt Street, has been completed, crib walling Is being erected, and preparations are in hand for bituminous paving.

After 25 years’ service the Coutts Street, Kilbirnie, south side tram track is being relayed. Five thousand eight hundred feet in a concrete construction, with a compound of Neuchatel packing replaces the original sleeper construction.

Features of Kelburn and Karori are the turf on Upland Road and Lottingham Street. The improvements have been effected at the request of property owners who have agreed to maintain the appearance. The City Council is adopting this policy in the suburbs to beautify the street.

Marsden Avenue, Karori, can be held up as the model street of that garden suburb. The street width has been narrowed, and curb channel, and the remainder of the road reserve laid out in lawns, lined by rows of lacebark trees on both sides. The whole presents an attractive appearance, which it is to be hoped residents will assist ip maintaining.

“I am not satisfied witli the mentality of this man.” said Chief-Detective Carroll, in asking that Harold Dickin, labourer, aged 36, be remanded for a week so that he could be placed under observation. Dickin, who was charged before Mr. E. Page, S.M.. in the Police Court yesterday witli wilfully breaking three panes of glass, the property of Coull. Somerville, and Wilkie, was remanded accordingly.

The work of erecting the new seawall and “hard” inside the boat harbour, at Clyde Quay is slowly progressing. One innovation that is being introduced in the formation of the new “hard” is to depart at intervals from the general slope, and carry the flooring out to the sea-wall, almost on a level with the shed doors. This idea is to provide berths for the larger yachts and launches at, high or low ‘waler. The old “hard” was really only suitable to the handling of dinghies.

At present serving a sentence of two years’ reformative detention, Harold Avery Clayton,* veterinary surgeon, aged 37, was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within two years by Mr. E. Page, S.M., in the Police Court yesterday on a charge of obtaining £5/0/6 from J. Barbery at Manakau by means of a valueless cheque. Chief-Detective Carroll explained that the present offence was one of a series accused had committed before his last conviction.

The sealing plant of the City Council "has been busily engaged in assisting motorists and quelling the dust nuisance in the western suburbs. Lewer and Verbier Streets, Karori, have been completed in liquid bitumen, and in Beaiichamp Street the work begun, prior jo the holidays is negrly finished. The remaining unseiiled portion of Birdwood Street is being metalled in preparation for sealing. Kelburn has not. been overlooked both Hadfield and Fairlie Terrnces being treated similarly.

Over a period of about three hours, starting from early yesterday morning and ending in full daylight', there was a partial eclipse of thp moon, Because of the small portion of the moon eclipsed, about one-tenth, the event caused little interest among professional or amateur astronomers. The eclipse started at 4.1 a.m. summer time, and by 4.43 it was covered to the greatest extent by the umbra, or darkest part of the earth’s shadow. It was impossible to make full observations owing to the fact that toward the end of the eclipse at 7.17 a.m. the moon had already set. No reports from other stations have been received yet. by the Dominion Obvervatory at Kelburn.