The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19. 1883. DRAINAGE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 297, 19 November 1883, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19. 1883. DRAINAGE.

!■• .*».-. ; -jj ■■■■■■-. ' — -f.^i ~r- - - »-• -•• .**- c If any argument were more potent than another m favour of the adoption^ df : th^ ] -tioaiti- ti J •should- be-the qdewtion of amm age -and ■ - se.wer^ge; . At present the town is deplorably deficient m this and day after ijlad dv* 1 ciilptiblel Mcfiff^ivnce Iri such '"matters' %ecomej3 Trauglit with rhorei disastiiotis cohseqitcrices us regards the, f utu;t:e. A» our <^6'pula.tion'-ificreaW>*, disease of a more or less malignantftype isassuie to break put as that effect ■ must follow ca'useV 'it „% ,som.ethu)ig terrible to contemplate the inevitable result of the soil being saturated month' after month with the.se Wage' bf a N 'tdWn lJ «'4*l)s^lu|eiy without nfe&nsqf carryagg^t • Open or closed cesspools, of which.there are numberS^n^burmn^sV, 1 ' will' before long so impregnatc^iejsoil,; and contaminate the water and even the ah-, thiit, dise^e^rnua^b^dorae-jyrevalenf;' and people-^ll^oirae'r" what ,ca,n, huve^ brought about such disastrous results. We ourselves dread the^ -heat' *6f every" .. su^cej^e^i^ne^as Uj^l/J&^haijgp the air with death-giving exhalations. Napier has been a caso irt- poiht^shdw^ 4 ing "the startling danger of 2 n j egleut..pJL. sanitary; precautions ln^ a tpwu t t Asj . inHpocfcgr. of, , nufft|R^\: J.9r jivtaally : pawedesa .td tfet.i^Hejsmay ; existing niii^ances. due Ire 1 caWotT'eiiv force ,tl»e"ir M .^b^ter^ent, -beeau«G t]je; (jnjeßha havje ndtubftai-provided'in'tlie' foi«jß"6f flece^ar^' s^^g^' fi w [ nofc r a (jflpfitipn; . . which -«ss Jft f( ai pju^ipH wfe/ {P^vb/oiithe -tOMtii, Soy even the most -he4lihy-~localitief» will be liable to the upon i a culpable negjectjof^sanitary, lffltp./ Some 1 peoj)le J n^y..t^yr^^ I 'VQJi %ba«e ha v^ nothing^ %ar. g&j& t ,'KfejJi& deSh^t such person* be ware • hoW'tUdy -' thWdfe- ' >i«ei¥elt^peli^s;^ tß^-they'ever'Wcare-fiiiy~ele;vnly, and precise m theiy f sani* /tiiy ttrWngeriiQitH^/miasm^iftiisease a tfaDi6io tf ils attacks. . T^e. gues^ionß^Ldrainag^aDd sewerage ja|r«jojF the(Q6i|iH}f| in^oJ^icHicjVlerery inhabitant oft)ie,tQwn and suburbs, and •in < view > oT V tlife'L'6an'pi'oposals should be re|fard£3 jba ibauUgl^.o^ l^ngTojh^>e§iaiT Jpt^rest; pe^iosJtoviQ: vrsigniii-