THE DRAINAGE PROPOSALS.

A nleoting to consider . the drainage jroposals is called by the Mayor at "the ro vincial Hall on Wednesday evening." Ln inset in this issue pleads the cause of ;ho Mestayer mudflat sewage disposal icheme, but those who read it are invited bo also peruse our leading article to-day ietailing the experience of Melbourne md Auckland with foreshore disposal of sewage. ■ ' • To the Editor. Sir,— How any sane man can advocate the discharge of our sewage on the mudflat is. beyond my comprehension, more especia.ly after the experience in other towns of the colony, Wellington tried the experiment under most favourable conditions of draining into the |har* bour, but after an exhaustive trial had to abandon the idea, notwithstanding the fact that they ha 1 deep and turbulent water and no mudflats to contend with. Tho stench at that time on the To Aro foreshore at low water was simply dreadful and no doubt was a prolific cause of typhoid and other fatal diSease^. Dunedin fol ; years oast has dra'tied into the harbour, *,n j aH.VwJi' the city has ho extent of mudflats* the odour of putrid festering sew- ! age is a constant menace to life and health. There, with a much colder climate, draining on the foreshore has proved a dismal failure and ! been the cause of much sickness and deaths. it t In Auckland the sewage empties J into the harbour, with the result tnat the water is polluted; and the stench at low tide is* most offensive. I There, also with no mudflats, dis-* j charging the sewage in front of the city has proved most disastrous , and deleterious to health. Now, with the experience of three cities before us, is it well to emptyfill the filth of the town on the shallow mudflats of our harbour, or , eveh into the harbour itself?,! must \ emphatically say no. The septic ' tank may iesSen the evil, but nevertheless the sewage uhfiltered will be deposited on the shallows of ,our barbour, and eventually it would : prove a serious danger to health. | We undoubtedly, want a good system of drainage, but from the oXI perience of other places the only J perfect and complete method of disI posing of our sewage is to put 't 1 over the Boulder Bailie. ?o drain on the mudflat arid thus pollute the foreshore Of our fine <;ity, must end m disaster and pestilence. • .. I ani, yours, &c, EXPERIENCE BY P.ESlDEtfcfc