The Globe. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1874.

Globe, Volume II, Issue 132, 2 November 1874, Page 2

The Globe. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1874.

The question of public baths for Christchurch is one of such paramount importance that it is a matter of great surprise that nothing has been done towards their erection. At municipal elections candidates have referred to this topic, have made all sorts of promises ending in nothing. Summer after summer, with its stilling heat and dust-laden nor’-westers, the unhappy citizens have been compelled to go, comparatively speaking unwashed, until (hoy could with much truth paraphrase the exclamation of the ancient mariner and say—- “ Water, water, everywhere, But not a drop to wash.” With a supply of water unequalled in any part of New Zealand, with every facility for carrying out a system of baths upon a most extended scale and at small cost, our City Council has been content to allow the matter to rest for years, without one attempt to carry out a scheme whereby the citizens might enjoy the luxury of a hath. We are glad, therefore, after all this procrastination, to see that at last some one has taken the matter up, and that there is a chance at least of hearing what is going to be done. On the motion of Councillor Farr, a committee, consisting of the Mayor, Councillors Bishop, Ick, Hobbs, and the mover, was appointed to consider the subject of public baths, and report at an early date. TAnigh having very little faith in the reports of committees, which are gem rally relegated to the limbo of pigeon-holes in the clerk’s office, it is satisfactory to be able to say that some movement is being made. It is to bo hoped that the committee will consider the subject in. a practical light, and bring up such a report as will enable the Council to take the work in hand at once, and we may yet have the pleasure of seeing public baths in Christchurch, If, however, the result of the labours of the committee ends in the production of an elaborate report, then it will be time for (he ratepayers to bestir themselves, and in unmistakcable terms call upon their representatives to do their duty.