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Manawatu Herald, 12 July 1892, Page 3

One day this week, shortly after absorbing the interesting information contained in the foregoing paragraph I was walking down the Main-street towards the Post Office when my attention was arrested by the apparition of some gorgeously apparelled ladies on the opposite side of the street. As soon as the pleasurable excitement always caused by the unexpected sight of beautiful things had passed, I suddenly remembered the protest o! the AustroHungarian Sanitary Board, and looked more closely aoross the street — not rudely, I hope ; but still more closely — and, behold, there were the trained dresses ! and very pretty tpo, sweeping the footpath with a swirl of twelve inches or more. But more taking even when the sweet little tide of beaaty crossed the street (six inches ■ieep in mud), holding up daintily the front part of the dresses so as to show just a ravishing glimpse of the neatest ankles, whilst the train still swept the mud behind. And why not ? Says the Hungarian Board of Health : — " helping directly to increase tbe spread of tuberculosis, typhus fever, and other maladies." Perish the thought! But still, diphtheria has been going around a good deal of late in this district. Is it possible that diphtheria may be one of; the " other maladies " referred to by the Hungarian Board ? And if so, would it be going too far in the interests of the general public to request our lately appointed Inspector of Nuisances, or the Health Officer, or somebody " to forbid the wearing of this pernicious sweeping apparatus by Indies jo the public streets " ? Haere-mai !