MUNICIPAL VILLAGE.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 28, 10 March 1914, Page 8

MUNICIPAL VILLAGE.

AT WAIPORI.

A PATERNAL COUNCIL.

The citizens of Waipori, where Dunedin's electric power comes from, are paternally catered for by the Dunedin City Council. During his recent visit to the southern, hydro-electric '.-works Mr Holland the first time in his life, what he describes a« "a municipal village, where the whole ; of the town belongs to the City Corporation." The town consists of seventeen neat cottages and dining rooms. The City Council provides one attendant, and the workmen provide another. They have a large tepid bath, heated by electricity, and a substantial schoolroom, at which 17 children attend, is also provided. "The Corporation seems to have done all in its power to make the employees at the station comfortable," said the Mayor. "It provides thorn with hot and cold water and electric light free of charge. •' * There I also saw the real municipal milk supply —or what comes nearer to my idea of it than anything I have seen. The Corporation starts at the fountain head/ and provides the herd of cows, and the employees purchase the milk at 3d per quart all the year round.

"The Corporation also runs the mail and carries the stores twice a week.''