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Grey River Argus, Volume IV, Issue 281, 31 October 1867, Page 2

With the return of warm summer weather, and in the absence of an Improvement 1 Committee, we consider it an incumbent duty, to thus early call the attention of the inhabitants to the condition of many of the streets. With us it is trite to say that the state in which these streets are at present is simply disgraceful, Laving drawn 'public attention to the matter .so frequently, for we find that even where the health of the entire community is at stake, "what is ****toigbody's business is nobody's busi- ' the almost continuous /all .of rain, to which, we-vv.sre sub-:

jectesd dui;ing the^ last^ mon th, this was I a lnatfoer of yery^Becopdary importance, as jkh« floods usually wash away all impurities ; but now that ; -the weather has act in fair and \yavin, it is the- duty of the inhabitants to see to it that they and their children and thpir neighbors' are npt poisoned ;by. theS pestilential majaija tyhich , pn a hpt day steanjs up from those pools gf stagnant water >vhi«h avp" allowed to stand in many of the streets. Nothing is more dangerous to the health of a community, more fertile of disease and death^ than those green stagnant poolg which adorn many of pur streets. We call the attention pf hpuseholders and the owners of property to this matter before the strong heat of the West Coast summer sets in, so that if nothing is done to remove the nuisance complained of, the inhabitants will only have themselves to blame, if during the coming season they and their children are prostrated by fever. A little combination amongst themselves, would remove these nuisances, and perhaps save many valuable lives j aud we- trust the matter will receive that earnest consideration its importance demands, "