THE CLEAN-UP

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 96, 20 October 1926, Page 10

THE CLEAN-UP

A REVISED PROGRAMME

RUBBISH MUST BE READY.

The clean-up still, has a long way to go, j for, no block is yet finished, and three have not yet been touched, but already, roughly, 1350 cubic yards of refuse have been collected and carted away :o the tips. Here is proof positive of the overdue need of a city spring cleaning, and, from another point of view, of a change of system which will render a periodic grand clean-up unnecessary, that is, a change to a system whereby householders _ will be able to get rid of all their rubbish week by week. It is hoped by those in charge of the work that Block 1 will be finished to-mor-row, the inspectors and collectors now being in Newtown. Hataitai, in Block 2, may be finished by knocking-off time this afternoon, and a start may be made in Kilbirnie to-morrow, with.Lyall Bay, Rongotai, Miramar, and Seatpun filling in the rest of the week; Block 3, Karori, Northland, Kelburn, Taitville, Highbury, Mitcheltown, and down to Aro street, will also be commenced to-morrow, beginning at Makara Hill. Block i, Brooklyn, Vogeltown, and Mornington, commencing at Brooklyn road, will not be attended to until next Tuesday morning. Block 5, Khandallah, Ngaio, Kaiwarra, Highland Park, and Wadestown, will be tackled next Wednesday morning. Bad weather may make it impossible to maintain this new programme to the day. So also may the thoughtlessness of those people who wait till the last minute before thinking of getting their rubbish out. There are two main complaints which the officials have to contend with: One, "That rubbish has been lying inside my gate for a week now," and, the other, "You've missed my place." The place has been missed, say the officials, because the rubbish was not put out till the carts had passed, and rubbish has been left lying because so much ground has had to be gone over twice. The collectors have now been instructed that unless the rubbish is waiting for them when they, call they are to carry, on and make no return trips, otherwise the cleanup will clash with the Christmas holidays.