SANITATION.
MAGISTRATES' WARNING. At the Magistrate's Court, Te Kuiti, on Thursday, before Mr F. O'B. Loughnan, S.M., Elliott Prime and George Prime (Mr Broadfoot) were charged under the Public Health Act with allowing an accumulation of offensive matter on their premises.
Inspector Bennett, of the Health Department, gave evidence as to the condition of the section at the back of Prime's shop, and also to the filthy condition of the privy at tho back of the billiard room.
His WorshiD, in giving judgment, said that the health of the town could not be triffled with, and such a state of things as revealed must be stopped. People must be shown that such a state of things could not be allowed to continue, tie would issue a warning to the people of Te Kuiti that if any more cases of the kind were brought before him he would inflict a very severe penalty. The only way that civilised people could be distinguished from savages was by the fact of their ceasing to become filthy. The hot weather would soon be along, and it was not right that fever beds should be encouraged. He lined Elliot Prime £3, reducible to £1 if the privy was put into good order within one week; costs £1 Bs. Geo. Prime was fined £1 and costs 7s.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 386, 12 August 1911, Page 5
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221SANITATION. King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 386, 12 August 1911, Page 5
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