EASTERTIDE IN WELLINGTON

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 16 April 1928, Page 7

EASTERTIDE IN WELLINGTON

I A NI-LSONIAN'S IMI'ULSSIONS tKv \\ \\ ■ ! imtAJ 1 *J3'«VB>«»''T r «s\'3n">;r'■"ir — ~*z~r~ """> The Kmpire ( it v of UVlbngti M bom; I w itliiu a daylight. or a night - ~-,i| ,< I Nelson, is e'ontinuallv being \isiteil b; J Nclsopiaiis. and i - t he| ef a w eli i know u cit\ to mam of yi in readeiI Hut i few impressions a'ttd u'loatnm: ; max I f :;eiieral int. n--i. Wellington was v erv full -.1 i !-ito, I this leister, many iii plea-m,. b.-m ! Many, too. v ere 'lliere |o ■• e and lean ; ail lhe\ i ouhl aboul ibis, the ( ,;..i . | Cilv nl Nov /..•aland . w lole .J, I. -;,:. 1 v .-.olid ihi ir wavs tlo'b. , 1., 0t.m.l ■ •.,. :or other ~i t|,..' M i,i ~ ~,u ~ in. i I held Iher- dnnug tit ■'•'.- \. :■■-. j l.h-ane, Order, (irand Lodge - f ike' 1 1 O.C.T . an I the .innu (1 com. reiiee ot ; the Labour Parlv ! One renal w;iv' to ~.,- ati.l leain soim- ! 'lung wnrth whi'le about Wclliu-h ii u- -i I take a triji on the city I ram l ' a\ - "1,-.,-j vat ion buses, and espei lallv thai of Ihi j ".Seeing Wellington." which is b\ lai 'ii. | b;-st. and cheapest wav of v.. 11 m.: . i 50u,,,1 knowledge of (lie cilv and lis siilno bs. for you ii"i only L'el an "e\ e j gate" sight, but also an "earuate' • !•• scMPtion of what v.hi -ee by the 01,.-. i•' and iliffji uiaMv.-. busuiau. who from ill--very start of this wonderful trip al do eminent Itnildings. begins to d>< set the the sights. and buildings, and places of interest in the. verv heari of

the city and ,(s foreshores. It is interesting to learn that W'el liugt-on harbour has a foreshore of ,V. statute miles-, 32 square miles, or 20,000 acres in area. Wellington Harbour, we are told, was discovered by Polynesian voyagers nearly 1000 years ago. re-di* covered by Captain Cook in 1775, and was named Port Nicholson in 1840. Wei btigton is (he proud and fori una!.'- pos sessor of a magnificent marine ilrive fronting (ho foreshore of it-- lovely har hour, and no visitor in (he city should miss 'his (rip round the. Wellington waterfront. As you pass through the city ♦ho town hall is pointed out, and you arc told (hat it has ;,. concert room with a seating capacity of 3000, and that its clock tower 'is 177 ft high- On reaching tho wafer front, 'he various wharves are described, of which (here, is quite a number, extending over three miles, and you are shown where the. Harbour Board is reclaiming over 68 acres of foreshoro, 60 of which will lie used by the Railway Department, for new goods nun* shunting yards in connection with the combining of the present Lambton and Thorndon stations into ono barge centra! station and bus terminus, the Government now owning and running aboul- 40 buses, while the city has over 'l6 miles of tramways and a. largo number of buses.

A FINK PARADE Wo then proceed along Oriental Bay Parade, ono of tho finest and most popular marine parades around Wellington. Ma.ny notable buildings .and landmarks tiro pointed out, including Mount Vic ioria. on which is Ihe signalling station, and 2YA Radio Station -750 ft above set, level —the second largest in (he Empire, and has cost £25.000. Wellington has over 1000 acres of town belt, re serves besides several parks, public guv

I '.,20.000 a vear mi the uf>ii«-ip of tliese. j in. -! , i u nit h run In; seen fn m tie' : ,n::ii\ vauiauo points r.<:i(-lii>il l.v 11,.- ..I. j -en/ili-m l.i'-. iih-lihiini; tiu< suuiiuil of \i..iint Vi«-I.ui:i. .hi.l i!m- hri-lil , m !M- I : In -m,i|. ; r..ii»d K\.,.i. \\;,y v . r j p., . tin.-null HaMiini iii.l KIIIII \an 1 j . .M1,.1 ill.' I'.:i\ 1.. I lie tool ..f I'ninl. 11. ,1 j ...-.-11, |l-' I.H ' ;il pi;,, .• ..I Hi,' In:.' Ml I M.i . .-in.l v\ lu'i •■ t In' ii. ii ii>n il mem n I il! i- l.i I- n.'.'!.• I Thru ive climb to j •!.■• Miu.iiiit • I Ml. fiav fi.nl. n-i.l :1„ „ j I |...:i..1r. I, In n11.i1.1l .1.1 V.. 1,!,,,,- till- MVI. I ! hnii!, Ilin nu'li K.iinka Kl\ MM, ill,' re ! , • . iiiul popular i' •■.•!, mil mill re wieu li;il plate- T! .ii ".. ruin.' n. Civuk-i-j i 1'.,;, in lit.- Head- in,.l piitrmi.r 1., i|,. j i ~.,v ~1,.l Ihe |...|-i.il:n ...,,,,!,- ~»;...|-t r.l l.« ,11 l;-i\ II ..,::!.!..,, I'.,- .-.,,.1 I ',,,.] ; \ i,ll In.-!, ' Mil in .in ~ !i. <-.f ",1 '" f.,,-,„.-, ~..'..,■,' pni-..,nl in il'. i.v,,, r .f .m.ili |,r..,, ..:,.,",„:- in i.i' >'|di:.m;l' iri,.

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IM.'OGRESSrVK CUT The Kmpirc Cit\ is making rapid pro ■_'t'i:ss. signs of which can he seen oit all iuituls t'li,lll the observation litis. The population is glowing apace and is estimated in Greater Wellington to now lie ui least 120,000. The present Council may .justly claim In Lie one of the. most. progressive I tie city has ever had, and especially in its policy of providing good roads. During the past and previous winter months, many miles of road;, about. Iho city and marine drives have been constructed under relief of. unemployment schemes. Wellington possesses the first muniei-pallv-controlled milk supplv in Australia and' Now Zealand. Two-thirds of Weilington homes are supplied from municipal milk supply stations, and the supply t•> the other third is municipally controlled. All retail milk is distributed in bottles, which are washed, sterilised, filled and capped by ihw most, modern machinery, and under a, scheme of expert. testing t'ho people are assured of good! puro milk