WHITIORA'S PROGRESS

Waikato Times, Volume 95, Issue 14967, 10 June 1922, Page 2

WHITIORA'S PROGRESS

GUILDER TO HAMILTON, THE LIMITS ONLY TAPPED* Any advancement, while directly credited to the collective community, spreads its wealth oyer the various surrounding integral parts. .When a general survey of Hamilton is being made a close analysis of the many contributory causes towards the towns rapid and indelible, advancement during the past decade or so, brings us to an acknowledgement of Wlutiora s important support to the well-being that pervades all. Geographically stated, Whitiora is the connecting link between the main business poition of the town and Hamilton s northern and southern exit at Frankton. This suburb adjoins London Street, and sweeps along a great portion oi Norton Road over the wide territory to the Forest Lake area, and then across towards Te Rapa, with the beautiful Waikato Riv e r as the natural boundary on the east. While Whitiora has grown rapidly within the term oi the majority of Hamiltonians, its limi of expansion has by no, means been reached,.either in residential or commercial prominence, because the facilities the suburb presents in both ’.these' important directions of citizenship and town building are so prominent that they will not allow of any burking by those whose incentive to progress ha§ been dwarfed. Whitlor.. is the new name adopted for the suburb from the old one ’of No. Translated in general terms Whitiora means “prosperity and plenty,” and no more fitting title could have been applied to this prosperous suburb, lhat it is a healthy area in w'hich to reside is very conclusively proved by the statistics. One of the best guides to substantiate the claims of advancement in a district is the value of building sites, and in this respect Whitiora very conclusively seals # t!ie - prominence claimed for it. Quarter-acre sections which could be purchased there sixteen years ago for £4O, have reached as h’gh a fisure as £4OO of recent times." When on the subject ’of general lay-out oi streets and footpaths, it has to be remarked that Ulster street, tiie principal one in Whitiora, is the widest in Hamilton, being a chain and a-half. There :s no denying the value that is added to the general surroundings by attention to the aesthetic, and in this connection Whitiora residents strike a very prominent note, both in the inside surroundings of ' their holdings and the immediate street frontage as well. Everywhere this is noticeable. Recreation facilities in any area always demand a prominent place. In this respect, there is no part of the town£.\yfiich provides better or more extensive .facilities for aIL classes of sports add' pastimes than Whitiora. The bowling, green and croquet lawns -there have long been noted for the splendid playbig swards and ■ the beauty of their’general surroundings. For tenuis enthusiasts the best grass courts in the'province are to be found within the confines of Whitiora, while two hew football areas have been laid

out at Mill Street, within the area. Whitiora has its up-to-date public school, with grounds tastefully set out and adequate area for the relaxation of the scholars. As instancing the rapid increase in attendance at this school, it need only be pointed out that the building facilities have had to be extensively increased on two occasions since the school was opened, some five years ago. Getting a little beyond the suburb’s territory, two other noted facilities are handy, in the renowned St.. Andrew’s golf links and the new territory, which will be the headquarters of the South Auckland Racing Club m the near future. In short, while the progress of Hamilton in tne past ha s been very substantially supported by the business and residential acumen of the Whitiora suburb indicates are very plain that the contribution from this direction wil be even more material in the future.