The Globe. SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1875.

Globe, Volume II, Issue 183, 9 January 1875, Page 2

The Globe. SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1875.

We wonder if it would be possible for the City Council to rise to the occasion for once, and confer a boon on the inhabitants of Christ church. The last two days have been the most unpleasant of the season. With a strong nor'-west. wind blowing, the dust in the streets has been something dreadful, and the attempt of the few street waterers employed has been of little or, no avail towards abating the nuisance. There is an abundant supply of water in the town, and it is easily available for filling water-carts and being distributed over the various streets: but the citizens of Christchurch are compelled to suffer the dust nuisance in all its force. The air is impregnated with particles, and the unfortunate pedestrian gets his eyes, nose, ears, and mouth lull, in the course of a walk from one end of Colombo street to the other. Is it that the Council have no water-.carts that they can employ on this necessary work of laying the dust, or is it thai having the fear of the rate-payers before their eyes, they do not dare to rush into the expense "that would undoubtedly attend the proper watering of the streets? Whichever it is, we trust that they will do something, and that quickly. If they do not possess the necessary number of water carts, they could easily ascertain if the feeling of the ratepayers was favour of the procuring an additional number of these useful vehicles ; and if they are afraid of the charge of extravagance being brought agaiust them, they might also, with very little trouble, find out if they would be backed up by the respectable ratepayers in their efforts to ameliorate the condition of pedestrians in the town. Only let, whatever they may think io the plentitude of their

•wisdom may be best for the town, be done quickly, and do not let us have to wait until autumn or winter has set in,: before the proper steps are taken to rectify what is a spring and summer nuisance. The business house of the present Mayor stands in a position in which it experiences the full benefits of the howling blasts which have beon sweeping over Christchurch for the last few days, and therefore the proprietor must be aware of the damage that Js done by every dust storm that we experience. If lie will only rouse hisfellow" <?dun*cil "men and grapple with the nuis¥nce at once, he will deserve well of his fellow citizens.