John Arnold_The Evening Post_, 8 June 1923:
CITY DEVELOPMENT
TE ARO THE BODY OF THE
OCTOPUS.
An address on the arterial #roads of #Wellington was given at the monthly luncheon of the Te Aro Advancement Association at Dustin’s rooms yesterday by the Acting-City Engineer, Mr. A. J. #Paterson. Mr. A. George presided over a large attendance of members.
Mr. Paterson gave an interesting outline of the main roads in Wellington, and referred to the great necessity of handling the business population in the quickest possible time.… in time the Te Aro district would be the centre of industry. Te Aro would be the body of the octopus, and all the roads to the outlying portions of the city would branch off from that body. Mistakes, serious mistakes, had been made in the past in laying out the streets of Wellington, and these mistakes had to be rectified now. One question… was whether traffic development should precede or succeed building development. The speaker also referred to the very fine building lands in the western part of the city. There was more room in #Karori and the surrounding districts for habitation purposes than in any of the Eastern suburbs.…
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CITY DEVELOPMENT
TE ARO THE BODY OF THE
OCTOPUS.
An address on the arterial #roads of #Wellington was given at the monthly luncheon of the Te Aro Advancement Association at Dustin’s rooms yesterday by the Acting-City Engineer, Mr. A. J. #Paterson. Mr. A. George presided over a large attendance of members.
Mr. Paterson gave an interesting outline of the main roads in Wellington, and referred to the great necessity of handling the business population in the quickest possible time.… in time the Te Aro district would be the centre of industry. Te Aro would be the body of the octopus, and all the roads to the outlying portions of the city would branch off from that body. Mistakes, serious mistakes, had been made in the past in laying out the streets of Wellington, and these mistakes had to be rectified now. One question… was whether traffic development should precede or succeed building development. The speaker also referred to the very fine building lands in the western part of the city. There was more room in #Karori and the surrounding districts for habitation purposes than in any of the Eastern suburbs.…
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