MIRAMAR AGAIN

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 66, 14 September 1929, Page 8

MIRAMAR AGAIN

(To the Editor.)

Sir, —Being resident for some years in Miramar, I am in a position to see from time to time how matters are treated in the locality. Enough has been said, and rightly too, concerning the blockage of the opea drain, and it is anent the method of keeping it clear that I wish, to draw attention.

I can truly say that the attendant who regularly removes the debris has his heart in his work, but his efforts are nullified, for that which he throws up on to the bank is promptly restored to the stream by the small fry,. who are ever ready to see if the tins, etc., will float. Why are the authorities not alive to the fact that the man's work is practically of little use, for next day the stream presents the usual pretty aspect, bedecked with all sorts of refuse. I have buried numerous tins and scraps,' being heartily tired ofr seeing them round my front approach. Could not a cart follow the work and remove the rubbish out of the way? Another trial for the long-suffering folk at this fast-growing suburb, and doubtless other^ suburbs, is the abominable row Kicked up by the tractor engaged in repairs to the roads, and whilst I write, the thing is humming like a big bumble bee. Not being an engineer, I cannot suggest a remedy. It has been mentioned that the driver runs on second gear, and others say he is racing his engine. These two may be one and the same thing, but I know if a motorist opens his throttle and makes half the noise of the tractor he is pounced upon by the authorities and fined tor committing a nuisance. The motorist speeds by, but the tractor appears to have come to stay.—l am, etc.,

SEVERELY TRIED.