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Hokitika Guardian, 26 May 1925, Page 2

T.i;, Borough Come il i.it Friday uigi.t Wont a.-, l:tr as it e .ii!.! m legard to complying V, till t :.: • IVqtIOSIS Ol ill-' Benin • !i* tllh. :t!!* < tint; local itam Ui.atlei'-.. 'file health o! the 1-—u itsell ha- l;ecu jeitr-f- l-.ry geiiei ally, an ! it is a ieinnrk'ubie > ir- ummume that it was about -a n-n-fiy goveruniem institute n whom a ventagioes disease pen,[.stoutly linlg- b. Rut lie’ town itself lias been free from .serious epidemic, the ordinary cleanliness of the people, coupled with a copious rainfall. being the factors avoiding i us danger. The Council is undertaking now to remoos refuse from the i - life of the tow n. This is to lie done l.y weekly visits. This is a reasonable .sulk - guard to take, and no doubt resident) will cu-operate not unre-dily. But thdisposal of a sewage is a very difficult problem. The low-lying portion of an important section of the town presents engineering difficulties which may be o tueime only at a tost outside the a’ ilitv oi a small population to no■■ ’ I Nothing tangible has been r.ropo-ed t yet. and until a reasonable propo-umii wit-iit, the fimuuiai moans i i the lo '-n or.ii ite outlined, the Coum il’s aetioi s are lioiited. In any ease there is n'ider.i 1 -!. liability yet to lie fa -! regarding the water sup; ly. the charges for which are being met out of urdin, avv revenue, Till this m tier is adjusted. the Council is prevented from vasdenfifciss far \\»

water supply is so li i jiliJy essential that ir ini>t uuw bo maintained even at the .saerilice of other conveniences.

In vit.’v the lie . Australian tariff Icguieti il' v. 1 1:- 1 1 eiiliie into fer e < 11 A] til I. eeii'.iihrable interest was i.tt:v ho.i in Amel iea. to the address of Mr !•'. W. Bai r\ more. President of the Fremantle Chamber of Commoroe for 1024. as showing that the present e ononiie policy of the viiimimwoaltli is not universally supported. A. full rejert if the Fetch is given in the annual rei'eri oi the (.'handier. In the ••nurse of !ii~ sncich he expresses the vie tv tiiat the hash* id“.t of protective duties is (piite sound. but point' out I hat the present policy oi lii-ih prohibitive ami dumping duties i' working so disastrously that one-third of the total population of Australia is already centred round Sydney and Melbourne, I.lie country .slid unsettled and unproductive. in his view, scondary industries will in.rurally arise as the vacant. .spaces are tilled, v. herens the present policy is heavily ill Tension the -t of living an 1 of deveh ping the • Miaary's nnlural resinines. He cites the gold-mining imiu-try as an example. Hold eimiiot now be tvon at a profit except Irnui the rii lie.st pans of highly develo; ft 1 mim s. the working runs l.ei ii;_; at he.-i i 1 s per ton higher tin. nin 1:11 !. No I tier wheat (continued .Mr Barrymore) is cron n in the n arid than is gr.iu u in Western AusII alia, but do you think that present prices are going t> hold indefinitely ? it is ineoueeivahle; and it. and when the world’s price recedes to, ray, Ms per bushel abroad, or less, where will our la: mol’s I O then under this artiaei -1 fabric of hi ;It prate li m, liijetli v.'a :es. ait 1 ever higher wanes and ].rives? I hare is proleotii n far all sorts of ••indcstritfrom male', •. to stienr an I shat o' ;, i lathes, and machineiy. Kvery ! bine - „r drink c r wear or II <„ is rat eat ed, ” and tin- list is growing and growing a upa roll tly without end. How ran Australia I elite, {.treat and prospermia under these burdens k