_The Evening Post_, 8 November 1924:
SEATOUN AFFAIRS
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#Seatoun has been receiving a considerable amount of attention from the City Council of late in the matter of formation of streets, and the work done was gratefully acknowledged by the [Seatoun and Bays’ Progressive] Association. It was agreed that there was still much work yet to be done in streets where no footpaths [BrE pavements; AmE sidewalks] existed and where the roadway itself required urgent attention. It was also noted that portions of the footpaths in Church street and the Marine parade had been asphalted on one side. But the work was done in sections with stretches of roughly surfaced path in between. As the motor traffic at times is very heavy and the road in parts narrow, especially near the turn into Karaka Bay, #pedestrians were still inclined to walk in the middle of the road because it was smoother than the footpath.
The Association expressed the hope that the Council would smooth off the surface of the footpath all the way along the #waterfront even if it does not intend to complete asphalting for the present.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19241108.2.87

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