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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
The Outlook
The Outlook.
The outlook for Wellington is bright. The country is being opened up every day, and the trade of the port must go on increasing. Already nearly six hundred miles of railways find their natural outlet in Wellington; and the completion of the central line to Auckland will be of immense advantage to both the terminal cities. The people in the main are honest, hardworking, and fairly enterprising—not given to “booming,” but well calculated to maintain an even course towards prosperity. The public sentiment is healthy and progressive. Education—moral and intellectual—is daily lessening the vices of the people, The women of Wellington will take care that the Empire City shall be represented in Parliament by men of the best stamp. Whether candidates be intended for the Government benches or the cold shades of Opposition will make little difference to the women. The side that wins favour with them will be the side that puts the best men in the field. Wellington has always been fairly particular on this point. Henceforward the Capital will be fastidious, That it will go on growing, both in importance and size, all agree; but how she is to extend is, to many, a difficulty. Her reclamations are rapidly being covered with warehouses, and her everlasting hills are being climbed higher and higher by the builders of private houses. Already many of the streets on the Te Aro flat and other parts are shamefully crowded with the dwellings of the poor, many of which are quite unfit for human habitation. The configuration of Wellington is certainly not favourable to easy extension; but, doubtless, as the demand for mercantile premises increases, the supply must come from those parts in the midst of the City now used for residential purposes, and the private houses must be removed to the suburbs. Fortunately, the manufacturing township of Petone relieves the Capital in the matter of factories; and the Lower Hutt is daily becoming a more popular residential suburb. The next decade must see a wonderful improvement in the City of Wellington.
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Wellington Terrace.