SOUTHWARD HO! WELLINGTON'S TREK.

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 35, 11 February 1908, Page 7

SOUTHWARD HO! WELLINGTON'S TREK.

A GREAT LAND-SLIDE. Them is am end to .Wellington in, <fo9 direction, but- not ia others. The hills and eea say "Thijis- far, and. jv jio farther" to Greater, Wellington; at r ike top of the TJxortfdon Esplanade, .but \offer their hcoad, backs and lapsTJor the support, of the people.- Th6..c% is shifting southwards, Tha movement" stacted many ,- years j^ wiK - pioneers, Wfied by fl^d*. 4«wrt£l ♦v- u nia P?™ Petone) and. brought TW tT^^.Bods to the other shore. Here they ft d their descendante Btayed, and : for a< long time there nt'ao d» position. Vj travel further southward >%. search q/f comfortable quarters", fc'ut tne caiyj have conquered the old, canJf^aw^m that clung- to tho/ cJiffß., -,-A» «"■ 7/iper- of Hamelin dreV' the raj* a Vte;r him, so the song of- the cajrV'is ■'jflWacting pppulation to the south whey* 'it k possible for the cabbage to coma I**o its own. Yeb the north is destined to have some revenge when ihafc ''straightening and duplications-Hold, I very old phrase— of tha Hutt lino" is completed and tho train journey' 1 ' ~fo made considerably faster. Then citizens who cau afford to buy' a little breathing space and room for the "flower $0 blush in peace, ' whether seen or unseen, will h$ tempted to go up ' tha Hulb 5 Valley m givatcr numbers. - It will be') city for the office, but country for life. I .But these things are beside the §ietsent argument. , . TRANSITION. Any one who stands beside the Power Houso and looks over the flat to-day, will see Transition at work, and the, pto~ t cess is ugly. There is a great' ■yelW I playground by the sea f or the nortKe'rly. and there in the dust, by the ..water/is edge, men ajid boys may be seeri^now I and again, fossicking for treasure among the dobns deposited by the teclanjatioU carts. Tho corporation is steadily hurling the broken bottle. th<> half-brick, tha * Mil at the sea, and the waves are'refir««g> "buffeted and broken, •', ' / Much tend has been gained, and nruca tt, OJ - 8 is to be won. There is no beauty m 1 tins spot now, but 'not always 'will ualiness reign there. „It is not W m •a circus found space to delight the -popu- . lace on the reclamation" but 'the circus will be there no more. The .City, .CMIIJ oil has not yet ta*de up it* mind Hboufc the use to wl U eh the- land will be uut. i-be question has not beeu cou£dered\" says the,' Mayor. The time has. come SV^T 1^ A liU1 ° further °« great timber*, . destined , for satvice in the construction of the dock, lie about; but wjlUhey ba shiited-tcanotlje* site-t THE RAILWAY; '--..!,,^ ' What- is ■ t<r 'become' of 'IM T &UwW ? '.' Sat St" a Wh?1? P^fo^i™ ' wiat tho le Aro servieo .w.-not-'needeS •but the Government 'Ms' djjfertift iSessAfc present-practically* tw' -&ss sL taken over the line. The ' loS pS "pally compme milk-cans, a^id »fow passangers.' prophets Bj^titat.Uw «ailway must disappear altogether 'of go underground. ItTs contended that whfn thr Government bUilda a",neilv ja'irway station, at Thorndoajt. avi}l .no. .iS maintain the one- at". Te Are,- mTWe space there 'will' b * available 'teSSj by tfie 'sfritiorT a .'rattibler may bear the sighing the waiJiug, tho groaning of m»chm er v.; it is the plain? ot the Gas Company's plant?, singta X .» ™" S6 S» the- things- tU ar* p*3ng away day by da>: Ughws's iiV*id v . Mea-sbreet waa a . >u>*s£y quarters of- tho « t y, HerVth^Fljr to?, tho, Chinese, bidder. . Even >h*re otapst oxcWy a, fruit qnw^SS bo seen ona of ,t> anodes; get /t.pijtcyww of.jt, mS^. few months -the whtlo aspect W.«&aged> Allen-street- ,s a ceaVe^frum Well" tne ornnes of boprpnri are, radiating. pletely changed. It is mostly d«Jßcat- ? le t\ . Haimng-street js weU-kpown, but HamiHg-street is not^lon*. in iv squalor; there aro tithers-fmanv' of «Km. Far nnd wide, hovels ' disfigure valuable territory. There,-, w».?SS wh e r 0 bright boulevards ' \rilT"pws«ftay Su£S. te ' for .■ enler^ •'& viW * tfILBIRNIk ■• '/•_' Kilbirnie will soon be, a diffewstf. B& figuration of the penicsvh. 4J 3 'k f e w years' time 'tha Kbunwife of KUblrhie, ihramar, and SeatcmM wtfj not »'cl to come to Lnmhton-qirv sly! Wills- *n'*et to ceo good shops'j ihcreVjll be i "loh» Hue cf (emporiums" out v.c:-. . , HOSPITAL TTUsTiES 1 The fortnightly moc'.i:7L' of |',c W»1lingttfn District LTL T o B pit2l !»■«?»« n-ua held in thft Town HJI Xo. 1 iomuuulm l'Ooni to-day. Thf m'cmb.-is n:<sc;>. vt-re the Hoa. U. AI. Luke fdvJu.i.'B). »xd A. C. iWce, I. O. Bo!«oii, »nd J . B. McEwen and J. Danks. Tno retain of patjer.l* in the general hospital 'showed thai f,or tha f./uniyht ondea 11th February tho tote! was 136, being an increase of fiVe over the llcuies for last year*, cm responding fiuhttm , Lhere are 20 males and '28'fomalcs' in the Victoria Hospital, and in 'the Seddon Hospital there are I=l male and 7 female patients. Iha grand" total - is thus raised to 255. "" «# Inclusive of a balance of £825 9s lid Drought forward, . a government" ' subsidy of £589 6s 6d and a' grtmt of £1641 13s 4d from the main beard, tha receipts showed a total' pV S3D76' 4.5s After payment of salaries (5470 6s)i wages (£147 4s Id), and other smaller liabilitios, a credit in bank of £2590 U 8d remains. The Houee Committee, amongst recommendations, suggested that Dr. Stanley #. Brown, bo appointed. on the sUff as an additional junior house surgeon, at a salary of £160 per annum; ilia* the resignation of Senior Jfurse Brooks be accepted with regret; that tlie-.re-Bignatwm of the head kundrass be accepted, alid that steps be taken to fill tho Vacancy. Further recommendations were made that the wages of, maid servants be increased by one shilling' |ror week, and in thre» special .catefi by two shillings per week} that the, wtfges of the junior olerk in the steward's bo increased Ss per Week ; that the steward be authorised to .procure kdditional Xfingthp of hose and effect aacqsJyuy repairs to fire plant; and also that in ortder to improve the Watsr. Wr^jsiur«.«n (the higher levels •ab^he' Nurs^g' H<Jm» tend Victoria HospUali an- additional S?-rach connectaitto' %k iihade ironi tha jfire main/ near Ward - 4. *-' • -"*■*-'•- ' All tM itioomiwifl^atiiajs were etftaptL e& -_/ . , , -< '-v - ,*„