DIRTY STREETS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 151, 21 March 1919, Page 5

DIRTY STREETS

ABOUT WELLINGTON'S RUBBISH.

Complaints from citizens regarding the collection of refuse were menfaonell at last night's meeting of the City (Souncil The Mayor' said that many- 4:omplaints had been received, about irsegular and inadequate collection of rubli -lsh. It had to be admitted that the.-rubl iish carts were not up to date. The/Jl&yor exhorted the collectors to do their, irk thoroughly, and to remember that they were endangering public health by inj *eing houses or othenviso neglecting til e : r "The streets of Wellington are ihe dirtiest streets in New Zealand, said Counoillor Wright. " The city's fa4> ties for handling rubbish were out, ui' date. It was a common sight to see n| bbish blowing off the carts. The snip..channels were often in a very bad comJUti;&iuncillor Barber, said the condition tjf the streets was due chiefly to the tad. that certain streets were never swept. JJ j was not a matter of the collection <4? rubbish. If more of the side strebfa were swept rogularly the position woul-d be much improved. . ' Councillor Fitzgerald hoped the engiii-, eer would gather information abroad re-j garding modern systems of handling rub-i bish. _, 1 The Mayor insisted that Wellington] was a very. clean city. Councillor 1 Wright's 6evero condemnation of the city was entirely unjust. It was true that the City Engineer had been handicapped by lack of men and appliances. Councillor M'Kenzie mentioned Wei- | lington's "wonderfully _ low aa compared with other cities." _ Councillor Wright, in personal explanation. said he had not referred to the sanitary condition of the city at all. He had referred to the litter of paper and rubbish in some streets, notably Cuba Street. ' ; The council passed to other business.