The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1874.

Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1791, 29 September 1874, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1874.

The aristocratic suburban district of Parawai (for its sins in not embracing the paternal fold of the Municipality, we «uppose) is to be punished in a very marked manner, by, being made the receptacle for the Borough's rubbish. We are reminded of this by "Ratepayer's" letter, which recently appeared in pur columns, and persons will understand the writer's indignation at the slight put upon this sylvan retreat, especially when the Council's advertisement which elicited his feeling protest is considered. Parawai has for long been blessed with the location of the principal abbatoir of the district, the refuse from which pollutes the fair Kauaeranga's waters, and now it is to be further marked for distinction by being selected as the depot for the accumulated nastiaes* of some thousands of 'the population. Henceforth the pretty and retired district -—the resort. of picnic-ers and admirers of rural scenerywill be tabooed. The picnic-ers will not care to eat their ham sandwiches under the shadow of unsightly boards, staring them in the face at every point, and bearing such inscriptions as " manure depot," or, "rubbish may beshothere;" andif they transfer their affections to the other end. of the populated portion of the district, Tararu will be the gainer. But then Tararu is a part and parcel of the Borough; two of the Borough Councillors have their marine residences there, to which they retire, after the harrassing debates in the Council, to breathe the pure sea air, blended with the perfume of peach blossoms and verdant fern. Tararu was wise in its generation, and embraced municipal institutions; Parawai would have none of it; and the result is decidedly unpleasant, in one sense, at least, for the inhabitants. A cemetery on the hill, another on the flat, a manure depot, and a slaughterhouse are the luxuries which Parawai people have to endure for their sins. We do not »ay that these things would not have been had the Parawai people joined Shortland and accepted the municipal arrangement; but,not having done so, it would appear that they have no power to gay the Borough : Council nay. The crowded flats of Grahamstown and Shortland offer no facilities for forming rubbish heaps, and the Council are driven to choosing some other spot. Parawai has been chosen, to the disgust of some of the residents, and, the latter will, we suppose, have to grin and bear the ills which are being inflicted, until time and the necessities of the Borough demand that the accumulated refuse of a large population be taken still further from the haunts of civilisation. Block 27 had nothing to fear in this direction; the hilly nature of the block was s sufficient guarantee that no part of it would ever be polluted by the deposits of rubbish from the flat. Parawai has been selected as the spot which is to constitute. the dustbin (and something worse) of the Borough, and the residents should at once set about organising a Deodorising and Disinfecting Board if they wish to preserve the reputation of the district as a healthful place of residence. In the future it may come to bo said-—" Sweet Parawai, I smell thee noo !"