LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 506, 17 February 1920, Page 2

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETING.

Sir,- I» yjur report of the discussion re the electric light question, it appears to me my remarks convey the impression of adverse critii i.-i:i against the council's employees. No doubt this ha;; arisen through ivy failure to clearly express my ideas, but, as I iiolJ that every man lias the right to sell his skill (no matter if he be the lowliest labourer or the highest scientific professor) in the best market, adverse criticism for putting such into practice could not be my intention. Whatever shortcomings there may be in our electric light supply, the council are alone to blame. Regarding the meter reading, my remarks should have been in the past tense, because, since the return of young men now acting 'ss meter readers, no complaint in my case can be made as to inaccurate figure reading. The variation of registration by the meters is another story. C. ROADLEY.

PUKEKOHE'S CREAT WANT. Sir,-Visiting your town with the intention to secure a home for my family, I am surprised to find the most vital of all conveniences lacking—no c.rainage. This is more disappointing, because there does not' appear an> serious obstacle to installing the same at minimum cost, as there arc considerable areas of lowlying land in the immediate vicinity of your borough where a sewerage farm could he established and worked with considerable profit to your ratepayers and fanning settlers in the production and sale of manures. The modus operandi requires no explan? tion here, because any travelled persons knows the wonderfully effective and profitable tesults obtained from the establishment of such method to deal with the valuable human "waste" in the great centres of population. Take Glasgow, where almost the entire of its tramway system has been paid out of profits der'.ved from sale of its sewerage "waste;" Bradford with 500,000, and Leeds, ]2 miles distant, with its 750,000 inhabitants, may be quoted also as deriving highly successful results from the sale of their sewerage farms products. The farms are situated only short distances from the towns they serve, and no exception ca.i be taken to them, as the scientific tntcirnt of this . humur. "waste" prevents anything in the way of a nuisance existing.

My attention has been drawn to the boring r-jjer&tions now being conducted to find soakage ground for the borough's sewerage. No doubl your Borough Counril has some dntr to work upon, but the experiment certainly has the appearance of ;: scheme for eating up the ratepayers' money without justification as to results. In any case, Pukekohe, w.'.l. all its other advantages, to attract people in eaiy•circumstances to take up their residence here, will certain Iy fail in so doing until an efficient -system of drainage has been insta',l-

EX FUMO DE LUCEM. A TAXI STAND. Sir, —I am desirous of expressing my opinion of the manner in which your town is managed. Before com mencing, 1 would inform you that my respect and admiration for a town, which I believe one day will rank amongst the principal commercial fssets of the Dominion, has induced me to indicate to the govern ing powers what appears to an outsider as drawbacks to a town. The first thing that J noticed was the non-existence of a taxi stand, the centre of communication with outlying districts. May I be permitted to slate that the idea of hunting a : l over the town did not present a very favourable impression, and I admit when I decided to ring up a garage and discovered that the only 'phone available was in a nearby hotel, and by using it I was going t ■ place the management of that establishment to trouble and inconvenience, did not improve that first impression. The establishing of a taxi stand, with telephone, would; I think, be in the interests of the town, and would encourage people to become more familiar with the outlying districts in their county. Also, the instalment of public telephones service, which could be carried out as profitable investments, such as one sees in towns of smaller size, would be greeted by both the local and travelling public as a saving of trouble and inconvenience. If the residents desire to place their town.Or a level with the principal towns of the Dominion, they will establish these small improvements for the accommodation of both the local and general public, and thereby encourage local immir ration.

JOSEPH G. ROBERTSON, Pukekohe, 13 2.20. Wanganui