SUMNER AFFAIRS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19957, 18 June 1930, Page 13

SUMNER AFFAIRS.

TO THE' ZUITQB Of. THE PBEBB. ■, Sir,—-"Conservative' , ,has chosen an unfortunate but appropriate riom do plume, which adds significance to the Sumner indifference. I • may 'say that I have owned] houses at Itedcliffs and at Sumner, butj have never able to• use. them oni account <of my work; Nevertheless, l am more than a casual visitor, to Sumner. '. . ' The vile odour at Scarborough has been prevalent, for so long that it is difficult to believe! : representations /have not been made to the authorities before this. I think the citizens of Greater Christchurch are. entitled .to ask the Mayor how many private and. other representations have' been made to. the authorities in charge of Sumner affairs. In any. case, such a nuisance should need neither private nor. public deputations.. If the people of. Sumner, as by ,the Mayor" and Coiiiicil. ar>e' satisfied with the state of affairs at Scarborough, "outsiders- are not; although perhaps -nothing - more can be done. The best that "Conservative"- can say for the. sewage defect is-that it will be and the outlet improved. He does not ' eav /that ..it will be done away with. "If - the Sumner -people in .houses nfear such a nuisance, visitors ? who wish to bathe and sit on the beach do riot like it. • With regard to the roads, if roads are i opened, they should be made fit and safe' for • traffic, which the road along the Esplanade is not. Other-wise-they should either not op°ned, or should" be Probably l there is a. great. deal m ' contention' that the sand dunes, should not be done away with, and. I will not 1 labour this point; but I should never, suggest that tho willingness of motorists to pay for ihsr privileges at Sumner should be taken into account. ITie motorists should be compelled, Sir,, to pay Is or 6d -as a parking fee, and not asked. Personally I believe thatythe-prepon-derant majority of. motonstsi: are willing, 'lt.must be realised 'that if-the motorists are unwilling to pay -a parking fee, they will stay away and will no longer be a nuisanoe to Sumner. I believe that the parking fees woijld go far to pay for all .Sumner. improvements,- and relieve, in; addition,, -.the taxpayers, and lessen their burden.., ' In conclusion, Mr Editor, I should like to ask the authorities at Sumner to publish the' number of : complaints, unofficial or official, made to them about the drainage at Scarborough, even approximately, • over the last -three 'years. If .no . complaints hav© been made. I will donate £2'2s to the Sumner Lifeboat. Fund, to which I have alrea3y made a small donation.—Yours, etc., . ALFRED C. SANDSTON.

P.S.—lf the information asked for is officially made, I will donate £1 Is m any case. —A.C.S. , • TO THE KDITOB O* THB , PRESS Sir, —Dr. Sandston is wasting his time. He cannot. make anything of the Sumner people. He could -write for twelve months and it would make no difference It's, like trying' to drive a tintack into a granite boulder to make - them i see anything. It is . best to leave them alone;— Yours, .etc., ■' resident. June 17th, 1930. . TO THE EDITOB OF THB PRESS. Sir,—The remarks of y olir correspondent, Dr. Alfred C. Sandston, liis observations last Sunday . y. . prompted no doubt-by the- anomaly. or ttaterins itto, gsi? * im &'i

you can allow, hut the City must understand that such matters are simply not discussed in Sumner. We are so select that public nuisances <do not pierce - our- understanding or offend ,us in • any ■ way. Wo are-, above, stich ■things as efficiency. We ; live a life apart, mostly spent in-futile deceptio'n or hiding:our- glaring blunders. Therefore, what, amount of information' does he expect to get? . The best thing: that City folks with brains and enterprise can-do, if they, care for the. place, is to come and live here and apply them, but be prepared if possessed of such attributes and or a desire to exercise'them, for social ostracism. If. they are prevented from living here and Wish to visit the beach, but find no decent or adequate services provided, only a sanitary service which at its best can only be crude, and in any condition should have: no place on the beach, then why do,, they not take the means at their disposal, the Public Health Act?

It is'of no use appealing to us. We can't see, ■ hear, tasto, pmcll, or do anything human. I tell you we know not efficiency.'- As for administrative foresight, business acumen, duty ;to others, well—but really we are above all that. Vide "Conservative's" wonderful letter in to-day's issue. What a chance for another Mark Twain. —Yours, etc., RADICAL. June 17th, 1930.