Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1890. Sewage or Fish.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 15 July 1890, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1890. Sewage or Fish.

A time of troub'e is looming up in the near futtfrp for those gentlemen who arp now interesting thems Q 'yps in storking our fr n sh waters with fish. The actio 1 of t'ie r e pent'emfn is most praises ortl iv, as the y not only provide a chenp food supply, hut a' so offer a source of attractiveness to the Colony- For years past they have received monetary help from the settlers and the Governmen\ Tn their endeavours to pr •- tect the st clc they are so interested in, they hive off everl reward* for the cnntnre of shags and other fish des troying birds, have obtained close spason?. for breeding purr>o°os, but havo ontirely over'oolcod the primavj' ne-e?sit.v of Irenpintr iho waters o can and pure. We give theso L'^n'lomen credit for heli vino: tlmt no mon. ; th tho expprienoo of thp j:»V1 v nvl "" trophies, would try and I i]i fi'o ii" lio.nltli civin ■•■ s^'oams hv o-rintr Mio sfiwage of thoir towns into (''fin .A. 1 - 5 l^wever tho ppopip o r ' nlmpr«t»n North have detertniiiP'l to pnr^v + hnir -ewn^ in the Jfninwu'ii -1 ?nit<> t'e protest of pv!>rv iH'ifrhl'turin'r foa body havi iv"- nrxnorty fnintimr the rivp", it. is evident that th^ro f^re pev<sor>B who ni v> ni^re ii^ovo-tod n iheir own pai!i(.vi nr area than in tbn roo-1 of t'<o Colony as ft. whole. What steps are those" interested iufisn. cultur e

going to take to save tliij lives J their pro'eg^?*? Would it mt bo «£so, just, iinc\ simple to make it 1 legal by Act of Parliament for any towu to discharge its sowape into any stream ov river, unless the consent of the other users of the sft'aam is first obtained. Tile process now in force, is mOst old _ fashioned for however 'CorHiii it & that the emptying of the excreta of throe thousmd people into a stream, is bound t-> create a nuisanco, ynt no lngai ae t'on can be token un i the nuisance s created. Tho injustice of this method becomes ap arent, when it is seen that tbo coinplaini^ bodies are power' es to move ttuti the evil is accomplish©^ t | ie defiling body is bou.D<l to expend large sums in cl&tence of the money spent in 'rli e sch p-; 118 tlun causing a heavy burden'on the injured bodies to obtain an injunction who though lighting papally, for their own quod are still fighting more for the good of the Colony. Those interested m our rivers being at eked with fish, must not rely onloalbo.es always moving in opposition to the denlenunt of the waters nmd by all as it raav be as convenient for them, later -n, to snoil the river by Biimlar action, to incurring heavier rates for other means of disposal of sewage Now is the time to protest against such selfish doings, and we cannot see why an Act should uot be passed making it illegal to deposit sewage or any other objectionable matter into a river, without consideration whether the ; quantity p oposed to be deposited is sufficient to create a nuisaiife. Any objec ionab c matter if a nuisance/ the hurtful nature being the question of quantity. <-on sidering the matter of the Palmers ton proposals and conceeding for arguments salco. 'ha 1 th« quantity of sewaa-e discharged win not liaif enough to be linrmful to the life in the river t n miles from the outlet, has one town 'he prm'ege to defile the waters a'one? If not, in a few years time wo may ' have \\ oodville acfinjr likewise, Jite ■• ahuna. Shannon and Fei ding, and though each town's eontnbu'iori mi^ht be unassailable, the total would be most objection ab'e. Fish and sewage wil 1 not do toge her, and those for fish, should be against sewage of any quantity being emptied into our s'reams.