REFUSE COLLECTION

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 41, 18 January 1944, Page 5

REFUSE COLLECTION

STEADILY IN VIEW

BOROUGH COUNCIL'S REPLY

Still -buttling away at the qucs* tion of instituting a regular collect tion of refuse within the Borough., . tlie Whakatane Chamber of. Coctitmerce again wrote the Borough Couneil last evening urging thatsteps be taken in this direction asa measure to safeguard the community from the epidemics which almost invariably . followed wars.. "'We have made exhaustive enquiries and find thai there is no possibility of securing a new motor truck for this service," said tho Mayor;, Mr B. S. Barry. ""The works committee does not recommend the purchase of a second-hand truck and it is out of the question to secure a new one." Cr Armstrong: *Has the council ever considered the possibility of using a liorse and cart ? The Mayor: That would be too slow. The Borough is far too scattered. Cr Armstrong: I noticed that they used a horse and cart, in Rotorua. Cr -Shapley: We haven't got a suitable cart at any rate. Cr Armstrong: We'd soon build that. On Cr Canning's motion it was decided to reply stating that tlie Council was. holding the. matter constantly in view but couM not secure a suitable vehicle. The. Mayor: Talking of flies T have just been to Auckland and there; are flies by the million everywhere, la spite of the fact that they have a weekly collection. Cr Shapley: The flies are not as fDad in Wliakatane this year as they « were last.x