Tree Planting Programme.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 178, 28 June 1938, Page 8

Tree Planting Programme.

The' Wellington Beautifying Society had, since its formation in June, 1935, been instrumental in planting 21,000 young trees on the roads, hills, and reserves in and around the city. Housing Survey ~,At a meeting of the Palmerston North City Council, last evening, tho inspector (Mr D. Evans) reported that, with Mr J. Lissington (health inspector), he had carried out 375 separate house surveys to the end of May. The houses inspected included boarding houses, lodging houses, apartment houses, private dwellings and combined dwellings. Liking for Criticism. “I don’t mind criticism; I can give it and I can take it—in fact, 1 rather like it,” the Minister of Public Works (Mr R. Semple) stated at Temuka. “No public man worth his salt would object to criticism, but there is a lot of difference between criticism and slander. Before I criticise, I always look at myself to make sure I can do it.”

City’s Improvements. “At the present time 22 subsidised men are employed on levelling and cleaning up and fencing along the Main Street and Fitzroy Street alignments of the Terrace End pit; also the ground is being prepared for tree planting by digging holes and filling them with soil,” stated the city engineer (Mr J. R. Hughes) in a report to a meeting of the Palmerston North City Council last evening. Mr P. Black (city curator) reported that a total of 25 subsidised men were employed on levelling and forming a new cricket ground at tlio Sportsground, cleaning up and laying out at the golf links, in Park Road, and at the camp site. An Old Atlas.

An interesting atlas, which was printed in the idoO's, is at‘present in the possession of Mr j. B. Fleck, of Palmerston North. A study of the map of New Zealand allows Onehunga spelt without- the “h” and Manukau Barbour was named Bymond’s Harbour. Towns such as Gisborne, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, Blenheim and Christchurch are not shown. There are no,towns shown on-the. West Coast. The Manawatu River is shown as rising in Taranaki Lake at the back of Mount -Ruapehu, and the- Rangitikei River as just reaching the Ruahines (spelt Rua Wahine). Wanganui was named Petre and the Otago Harbour was kpown as Port Otako. The North Island was then called New Ulster, the South Island New Munster and Sterart Island New Leinster or South Island! : ’■-!