TELEGRAMS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 90, 13 October 1911, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

MORE EULOGY FROM AUCKLAND WELLINGTON'S STREETS THE BEST IN AUSTRALASIA. COMPLIMENT TcTotJR ENGINEER, (»t TIMSGSAPH— S22CUt, TO TflE fOST.j AUCKLAND, This Day. While in Wellington the Mayor (Mr. C. J Parr) made enquiry ihto municipal administration in the Empire City. Speaking to a reporter he remarked that in Mr. Morton Wellington had an engineer second to none in Australasia, and he had come to that conclusion after having seen all of them during the last two months. Whil* in Australia recently Mr. Parr said 'he saw tto better streets than those in Wellihgton. The four miles of wood blocking laid -down eight years ago showed no signs of wear, which was largely attributable to the coating of tar and sand they received every year or P two. The actual wear on the wood blocks could Hot bft measured, which, Mf. Parr- <;oflsid«r«d, was very creditable, especially ac therft wa« heavy traffic on the main roads. Referring particularly to Grey, Brandon, and Panama streets he said he saw nothing better itt any of the Australian cities. Panama^street , had been down fleafly three years, and though nothing had been don« to it in th* meantime it etill posseeaed an, even «urfac# v quite a« smooth as Auckland's Queen-streets