Frankton Model Village.

Progress, Volume XV, Issue 8, 1 April 1920, Page 761

Frankton Model Village.

The Railway Department have what is described as a model village at Erankton in hand.. . We only hope it will be something better than their Kaiwarra (Welling-

ton) effort. The plans are said; to be ready for fifty workers’ dwellings which are to be erected for married workers. The standard type of house will consist of a large kitchen, sitting-room, three bedrooms, bath-room, scullery and . wash-house, with hot and cold water laid on throughout. An outbuilding • will also be included. Wherever electric light can be supplied it will be laid on, and point for the use. of an electric iron will also be arranged for. While the plan throughout will be the same, the elevations, or exteriors, will be different, so as to provide some variety to the township. The timber will be supplied from the Department’s own mills at Mamaku, and the house will be cut at the mill all ready to erect on the site. ' ' - , ,