FROM WAR’S ASHES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 1075, 23 July 1924, Page 12

FROM WAR’S ASHES.

YPRES RISES AGAIN. S3IILE OF PROSPERITY. LONDON, July 13. The restoration of Yprcs sec-ms little short of marvellous to those who saw the old town immediately after the armistice. Jt was believed that it would be 20 years before Yprcs rose again from its ashes, yet to-day the town has re-established her old life, and, indeed, says tho Brussels correspondent of The Times, conveys an impression cf prosperity and satisfaction. In 1914 Ypres contained 4500 houses, all of which it is safe to say were destroyed during tlio war. To-day 2082 dwellings have been entirely re-built, and 236 have been constructed, besides garden suburbs, with 292 workmen’s dwellings. Most of the municipal buildings have been either partly or wholly rebuilt. Tho schools have all been rebuilt, and three churches arc under construction. The actual number of inhabitants exceeds 14,000. It was 17,500 before tlio war. The central market is still in ruins, but it is hoped to commence reconstruction oil the original sites in 1925.