The Electrode – Vol. 2. April, 1923 No. 10. – page 192

There is quite a chronicle of happy happenings to mention in this issue. There has been quite a flock of storks in the village lately, and Tom Crabtree, Les King, Bob Brown are richer for their advent.

Mr. Lee has made a beginning on his new contract for the erection eight additional homes and a village hall, and when this job is put through the village will look considerably different. As the sketch plan published herein will show, it is intended to develop a small park area around the hall, and this should form a very pleasing break in the mass of houses, especially in a few years’ time, when the trees are grown. The grounds are being prepared now for tree planting.

One of the villagers has suggested that a steady programme of tree planting should be gone on with in order to protect the place from the high winds which are so prevalent. We have not seen an area with a more beautiful outlook than Lutana. It is a constant joy to those living there; but the winds are a nuisance. It is therefore up to us to keep them in check by a profusion of trees. Again, as trees do much to purify the atmosphere, there are strong health reasons for putting in plenty of them. Those that have already been planted are doing very well, where they have been looked after. Arthur Farley and Jack Nordin have been particuarly successful, and Tom Crabtree has a yoiung forest in his yard, of which he would like to give a few trees away. Any villager who would like to take a well-grown young tree should look Tom up.

Certain storekeepers have been asking permission to build a store in the village, but the pitch has so far been kept for the Co-op. council. The Council has marked down the spot where the store should go, and have been busy nutting out a design for it. We understand the Council will be putting up definite proposals shortly, and it will not be very long before the Co-op. will be offering a general range of goods in the village at prices which are exercising such a pull at the Crib Time Store.

Arrangements have been recently been made with the Railway Department to run two special trains per week from the village – Tuesdays and Fridays at 10 a.m. This will enable the womenfolk to go into town without having to tackle the long walk. They will be able to get back by the afternoon shift train, and will thus get three or four hours in town for visiting or marketing.

The subdivision of Orpwood’s block has been put in to the Glenorchy Council for approval, and the area will soon be pegged out. These blocks will be available for any zincworker who desires to have one under the home building scheme, and as they are close to work, and will put in at about half the figure of the land agent, they should prove attractive to thrifty folk.

If building development goes on as rapidly during the next two years as during the last, it will not be very long before the electric tram will come along Bowen road and send values up.