MIRAMAR DRAINAGE SCHEME
(To the Editor.)
Sir, —I wish :,to draiv your attention ■to the serious inconvenience to Which the, residents in this suburb are being put in connection with the above work. .:■. ',"
It is not my intention to in any way jeopardise the. completion of the work, and naturally some folks will-think I am head-, ing in that direction by making the suggestion. I now/offer. When in conversation with some of my neighbours they endorse the view.that surely from 7 in the morning until 10. at night; should bo ample time, and the inconvenience would Uieii only affect; ,very few. I quite believe that the people in or. near the route so far traversed will agree with me that it is a Serious tax upon-"their nerves 'to' 'hear-.the'harassing-noises at any, time, and it must be considered quite unfair for those in good health to say notliing of those on v beds of sickness to have the noises in the early hours of,' the morning, rattling, in their ears, commencing at 4 a.m. \
From a. health point of view .we have some valuable hints from that able physician Sir George Newman, Britain's chief medical officer of the Board of Education, who in his articles entitled "Buined by Speed" published in the "Evening Post" on 23rd January,l93o, in which he stresses tho necessity for rest and, sleep. Then in the issue of "The Post" of the 11th instant read the .article "City Din and. Uproar," injurious to health, by one of America's specialists, Dr. Hollinger, all of which go to show, that here in bur midst we are endeavouring to burn the candle at both endft The watering" of the loose sand would minimise a aerious nuisance.
Doubtle6S many could add-to this letter, but let it suffice to say that_ the authorities will probably see the' fairness'of the opinion of the residents who are immediately concerned. Why rush the work night and day when it has been in the boiling pot so long?, If it is the matter of time allowance for the contractor surely this can be conceded.—l am',, etc.,
A TROUBLED' ONE.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 42, 19 February 1930, Page 8
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