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The Manawatu Herald. Saturday, April 25, 1914. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

A petition is in circulation for signature by ratepayers in the proposed special area, which a majority of the Council has decided shall bear the whole cost of the proposed water and drainage loan proposals, asking the Council to rescind the motion which cuts out nearly one third of the borough—truly, not a residential portion—from bearing its proportion of the burden. We do not know whether time will permit the petition being lodged at Monday night’s meeting, but we are of opinion that the Council should stay its hand in connection with the proposal until the petition is served, otherwise needless expense may be incurred. We can assure the Council that there is not the ghost of a chance of carrying the loan unless the whole borough is rated. While admitting that the Council has the power to define restricted areas for rating purposes, this should not be done without first obtaining the pulse of the people on the subject. In connection with the water and drainage loan proposals, the Council has exempted from taxation certain property owuers who will not be directly benefited by the scheme, without attempting to ascertain the wishes of the majority upon whom the extra charge will tall. In this conuec lion the Mayo* cannot escape criticism for not having taken the necessary steps to clear up this matter before allowing the Council to define a special area. Unfortunately there are a number of people in the borough who are content to continue the present primitive sanitary arrangements, defective drainage and foul tank water, causes of disease aud death in our midst, who will seize upon auy excuse to vote against the loau proposals, and they are thus pro vided with an opportunity if the area question is allowed to remain as at present. Surely the Mayor must realise this, and we call upon him to remove every obstacle in the way ot providing the town with, at least, a drainage system. There must be a stirring up of the people outside the Council. A good deal of time has been spent by the Council in searching out the qualifications of the engineer, and rightly so, but there has been a slackness on the part of the Mayor and Council in arousing interest in the scheme locally. The Mayor and nearly every Councillor pledged themselves to carry a water and drainage scheme for the borough, aud the trifling that is going on is causing adverse comment. Why not get down to serious business, aud with one united aud systematic effort remove the reproach from our town, and promote the health and prosperity of the townspeople by seeing the lean proposals through.

In their lectures at the teachers’ physical training camp, the instructors have laid dowu some principles which it would be good for the general public to take to its bosom, says the Feilding Star, Development of the body, it is gathered, should be harmonious. To strengthen one set of muscles alone is to injure the body. The internal organs should be strengthened along with the external muscles. It is vitally necessary to breathe pure air, as the oxygen keeps the blood pure. In young children the proper building up of the spine is the vital question. If the spine is right the chest and "ribs will be right, and the heart and lungs will have their proper amount of room. A child’s breast bone does not become hard till the child has attained the age of 12 to 14 years, aud therefore the physical training should be on the right lines up to that age. Boys should be discouraged from the use of cigarette o , tobacco, aud alcoholic dunks. They are better without them. It is uot wise to force a child to eat lood it does not wish to eat. It food is given to a child against its wishes, the saliva does uot flow freely, and the food is ill-digested. This of course does uot mean that unreasonable practices should be allowed. Plenty of hard food should be given the little oues, and they should be encouraged to

masticate thoroughly. This not only means that digestion is aided, but by exercising the muscles of the jaw, which are connected with the nose, the nostrils are opened, and adenoids are prevented.

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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1237, 25 April 1914, Page 2

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The Manawatu Herald. Saturday, April 25, 1914. NOTES AND COMMENTS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1237, 25 April 1914, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. Saturday, April 25, 1914. NOTES AND COMMENTS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1237, 25 April 1914, Page 2

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