The Village - 1920 December

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Category: The Electrode

Created: 01 December 1920

• Lutana Village
• Electrode
• Gardens

The Electrode – Vol. 1. December, 1920 No. 3. – page 19

If you want to see how kitchen gardening should be done, have a look at the cottages at Lutana. They reflect great credit on the occupants, and must show a profit as well.

By the way, the Company has advised the Housing Trustees that they do not intend to complete more than 42 houses for the present. Twenty three are now occupied, and eight more will be completed by the time this appears. A further eleven will be ready before the end of February.

As the notice on the works pointed out, these places are to let at 25/ and 22/6 for five or four-roomed places respectively, and the Housing Trustees are now receiving applications from prospective tenants.

The Village - 1921 January

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Category: The Electrode

Created: 01 January 1921

• Lutana Village
• Electrode
• Gardens

The Electrode – Vol. 1. January, 1921 No. 4. – page 14

New tenants in the village during the past month include E. F. Boreham, W. F. Cook, A. L. Laird, A. McKercher and R. Brown.

The present patch of 42 houses will soon be completed and tenanted.

Mrs. Kile, who occupies a house in Bowen Road, has been getting magnificent results from her kitchen garden. The family have had vegetables enough and to spare for sometime, whilst the tomatoes turned out good money spinners at 1/ per lb. It is no uncommon thing to see the passer-by stop for a second look at Mrs. Kile's fine garden. We compliment this lady and commend her example to others.

The Village - 1921 February

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Category: The Electrode

Created: 01 February 1921

• Lutana Village
• Electrode

The Electrode – Vol. 1. February, 1921 No. 12. – page 12

We omitted to mention Mr. . Prescott, Mr. W. C. White and Mr. F. Tolland having come to reside in the village. A further batch of applications is now under consideration. The building programme is fast approaching conclusion, and people who want houses had better make an application soon. The Warden of Glenorchy has been asked to provide for collection of household refuse, but he has replied that rubbish is not gathered up in the municipality, and they cannot see their way clear to start with our village. The chances are that the Company will put something in the way of an incinerator if the residents will give a hand to man it.

The Village

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Category: The Electrode

Created: 01 April 1921

• Lutana Village
• Electrode
• Gardens

The Electrode – Vol. 1. April, 1921 No. 6. – page 9

The village is just about completed as we go to press. Fourty-two houses are the first instalment, and they are bespoken. The construction gang will shortly be seen no more at Lutana, until some day in the future---not too far distant, we hope---the work is again taken up.

In the first "Electrode" a competition was opened for a name for the place, but of all those received none were considered quite suitable for use, despite the ingenuity of their constuction. It has now been decided to call the settlement "Lutana," after the name adopted by the Railway Department. It is a pretty name and appropriate. The streets will be call after Tasman, Captain Cook, and Furneaux---all early Tasmanian explorers.

Just at present money is not available for tree planting, grass plots, hedgerows, etc., for the village, but it is hoped that as soon as the builders leave the villagers will begin to consider ways and means for decorating the place, without going to any expense.

Lutana

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Category: The Electrode

Created: 01 July 1921

• Lutana Village
• Electrode
• Gardens

The Electrode – Vol. 1. July, 1921 No. 8. – page 17-18

Now that the building programme is practically finished for the present, a committee of the tenants has been formed to promote a social feeling, and to carry out a scheme of improvements and mutual assistance. The first co-operative effort took place on Saturday, April 39, when over twenty mustered to cart filling.  As Messers. Hack and Bryan are both unfortunately sick, and Mr. Laird has only one hand, it was decided to help them.  Despite the powers of the clerk of the weather, the job was carried out much to the satisfaction of the helped and helpers. No better start could have been made than this; it was splendid. Many ideas are under consideration to improve the village, and to provide pleasure for the whole village.

Messers. Robertson, Harper, and Job are the latest to take up their abode at Lutana, and no doubt will soon be active workers in any stunts that are organised.

The postal authorities have consented to instal a public telephone and establish a letter clearance. This will be much appreciated. As time goes on it is expected that more public utilities will be provided.

A visit to the village will surprise those who have not been there recently. Most of the tenants have put in a lot of work on the gardens, both back and front, and the results are now in evidence. War has been declared on those pastoralists in Moonah who farm the public streets, and use them as grazing areas. Even the "stumps" are o be tackled in the street planting scheme, so that the new trees will not be destroyed.

Mr. Jack Crabtree is hon. secretary to the movement, and although he seemed a bit doubtful which end of the horse should go into the cart first, he is coming on. Through the kind offices of Mr. Cunningham and Mr. Charlie Reynolds, the metal necessary for paths, and the carts to lift it, have been made available.

The villagers are going to turn a party out every Saturday, so arranged that each man does a bit one Saturday out of three.