TERRACE END

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 143, 18 June 1924, Page 12

TERRACE END

The Residential Area of Palmerston North Terrace End—a very important part of the Borough—has undoubtedly come to the fore of recent years- as the recognised residential area of Palmerston North. It is an interesting fact that Terrace End is several feet higher than the Square. It is the driest and-healthiest'part of the town. Nearly all eyes are centred on Terrace End as a safe locality to invest in. It has never been boomed, because it never had any occasion to be boomed. It is the natural home centre of many of Palmerston's'■ business men, and consequently many beautiful-residences have been erected there of recent times. How Terrace End is forging ahead is proved by the fact that the Education Department recently found it imperative to establish another flue school there. This is situated in Scandia street, and althpugh. only opened in February the building is already filled to its utmost capacity. In addition to this the Terrace End Main School has a roll number of 640 children, and Mr. Geo. Overton, the headmaster, anticipates a large incraese within the next few months. . THE MUNICIPAL PLAYING AREA. Thanks to the enterprise and push, of ex-Mayor Nash, ex-Councillors E. H. Crabb and^ S. R. Lancaster, Terrace End has one of the finest parks in NewZealand. This is eight acres in extent, and just recently laid out; and it is destined to become one of the show places of Palmerston North. THE HOSPITAL. This institution, when, has now grown to be a very "fine and up-to-date establshmeut, is also situated at Terrace End. It occupies a prominent position on a natural elevation overlooking the Park, and equipped with all the latest modern appliances is regarded as one of the best in New Zealand. A SWIMMING BATH of a most up-to-date type, constructed primarily for the use of the pupils of Terrace End School, is also available to the adult- population of the town's residential area. In front of the baths' pavilion a handsome memorial arch, gate, and fence has been erected to tho memory of ex-pupils of the school who gave their lives in the Great War. Besides the new gasworks and electric power station, which are erected at the extreme eastern end of the Borough, there are many large commercial concerns that give employment to a large number of workmen, and, generally speaking, there is everything—including bowling greens, tennis and croquet lawns —to make life at Terrace.End pleasurable. There is one thing, however, that should be erected on the high ground in the vicinity of the electric power station, and that is Palmerston North's badly needed new railway station. If those in authority will just look at this matter from a utility and practical point of view, the new main station would be erected there. The residents of Terrace End commend this suggestion, in all seriousness to the notice of the Hon. Minister of Railways and his advisers. Main street, being three chains in width, would be a splendid outlet for vehicular and other traffic to every part of the town.