SMELL NUISANCE
Sir,— Ih a recently-puhlishbd $x- : planation of the objectiondble odour which resideiits of the e.astern part of Levin have coihplained of, the health inspecwor, ,Mr. W. J. kuiriah, .tel s us that it is, most likely to be ensilage. • ,, • It shou'.d not be vbry difficult fbr an inspector of health to ;distihguish ihe difference between the siiieil of ensilage &nd that from ihe waste of a nearb'y pig yard, wnich is run ihto a 'sump arid thfen spread from a large tank oh a tr'uck pver clean pastUres where dairy herds graze. This objectionab e odour is sb b'ad that doors ahd windows have tb b'e kept C-osed all day. We cohsider thai ehsiiagfe is SWOe't shieliing eompared with the odour from this top-dressing practice. Yours, etc., "PURE AIR." Levin, June 6. When this letter was referred to the health inspector today, he said there was no . question that both the ensiiage Efnd. piggeries were causing some "nUisaiice. He had caken up the matter of the piggeries with che • 0 wners and endeavours were how being made to end'- the-nuisance.--EdltorV
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Chronicle (Levin), 8 June 1949, Page 4
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182SMELL NUISANCE Chronicle (Levin), 8 June 1949, Page 4
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