Auckland.
Few important local events have taken place. A desire for impiovement is ceitamly abroad in the City, and eveiy month bees something done in this direction. Buildings are mil up on every bide, and on the site of the last fire in Queen-street handsome shops have been already erected : substantial scoiia and buck buildings are rising within the limits of the intake ; and Fore-street, after an imaginary existence during many years, is at last becoming a reality — but principally through private enterprize. Still our drains m the same neighbourhood are not all that we could have wished them to be, nor has Custom House Street rendered the adjoining propel ties pleasanter to reside on. Shoitland Cresent has suffered fiom an invasion of mosquitos in consequence, and the approaches to Queen-street whaif are highly perfumed. Our Council, m their ambition for legislative honours, seem to have lost sight of their more legitimate municipal duties. Auckland might be made a most healthy and beautiful town. It is not unhealthy at present, thanks we suppose to its climate , but we trust soon to see men in power who will not leave so impoitant a matter to take care of itself. Sanatory reform and stringent bye-laws for the city, protection against fire and a good supply of water, are our great wants.
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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XVII, Issue 1379, 1 March 1861, Page 3
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219Auckland. Daily Southern Cross, Volume XVII, Issue 1379, 1 March 1861, Page 3
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