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Improving Thursday
From Our Own Correspondent THURSDAY IS., August 1.
THE Town Council has a number of men at work cleaning up the fore shore and brightening up things generally, so that tourists and visitors will now be able to take away better impressions than they have hitherto.
An enterprising townsman, too, struck by the need for seating along the esplanade —a matter which has been spoken of for a long time but has not so far received aldermanic backing —has started the ball rolling by putting up some seating at his own expense.
A few seats in the main streets, under the fine shade trees which are so con spicuous a feature, would be appreciated by visitors as well as by residents. An idea for something of the kind, as well as provision for a public park as a playground for children, has been brought forward by the members of the C.W.A., and possibly the Town Council will act on the suggestions in due course.
The committee which is working for the erection of a town Museum, to be known as the Reginald Hockings Memorial, report that some nice dona tions have come in. About £80 is in hand.
The special committee which is
organising the appeal for the comple tion of the Quetta Memorial Cathedral, including the erection of the Bishop Gil bert White memorial tower and spire, report that the fund has been in augurated and that donations are com ing in. The completion of the church will add much to the attractiveness of this part of the town; the spire will be visible to boats entering the harbour, and perhaps some day there may be a carillon of bells to send their notes over the water! For the present, though, if the committee can complete the build ing as planned, they will be satisfied.
New Islands Churches.
A good deal of solid church building is going on in the Torres Strait islands, in connection with the Anglican mission.
At Saibai, the roof is just being put on a fine concrete church; the founda tions for a large concrete church are being put down at Badu; another build iner of large dimensions is in course of erection at St. Paul’s, Moa; and at Coconut Island a fourth concrete church has the walls well up. The cost of erection is for the most part being borne by the islands people.
The Government, too, are putting up more substantial buildings on the larger islands, as stores; and of late years have greatly improved all the school buildings, as well as making better residential accommodation for their teachers and officials.