BOROUGH DUMP

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 78, 10 September 1947, Page 4

BOROUGH DUMP

INSPECTOR’S CRITICISM NEED FOR IMPROVEMENT Urging that some definite effort be made to improve conditions at the Borougli dump, Cr Armstrong at last Monday’s meeting of the Borough Council, said that time and time again the Health Inspector had recommended certain actions which should be applied for the destruction of vermin. It was time, he thought that some tangible notice was taken and something done to improve an area which was no credit to the town.

The Mayor: I’ve visited the site from time to time, and I can’t see that it is as bad as it is described. Cr Shapley said there were times when the fly nuisance was particularly bad, especially during the summer. Steps were taken to spray the whole of the fate on those occasions. At other times it was in perfect order and if the council desired a better system, it would mean the installation of an incinerator. Steps were taken at regular intervals to systematically dump rubbish and cover with surface spoil, but indiscriminate dumping by residents resulted in the unsatisfactory state of affairs complained of by the Inspector. The council was doing all it could under the fnost difficult circumstances and staff shortages. Cr Canning drew attention to the fact that the dumping of rubbish over the years had resulted in the reclamation of over an acre of swamp land. The slight inconvenience was more than offset by the formation of valuable building sites. Cr Shapley said it was impossible to stop the dumping of rubbish haphasardly unless a man was appointed to be on. the job all the time. The Foremah-Engineer added that the council had agreed to allow unrestricted dumping and under the present conditions little could be done by way of control. Cr Morpeth thought that a notice could be erected forbidding the dumping of foodstuffs. The Foreman-Engineer: We' have already had such a notice there and certain residents dumping oranges there have thrown them at the notice.

Moving that the question of controlling the dump be referred again to the Works Committee, the Mayor stated that the greatest trouble had been caused by people dumping rubbish well back from the dump face. The motion was carried.