THE DUST NUISANCE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 95, 23 April 1902, Page 2

THE DUST NUISANCE.

(To the Editor.)

Sir, —Would you kindly spare me a small space in your valuable paper lor a public grievance. I may say I have visited nearly all the principal cities in the world, and have never seen streets so neglected or devoid of water-carts as Auckland. One might as well live on the deserts of Sahara in a wind-^torm as this city on a windy day. The food we eat is impregnated with dust; it cannot be otherwise unless the shops were made airtight and dust-proof. What is the reason for this state oi things? Is the city short of water, or is it gross mismanagement on some one's part? I am living in the neighbourhood of 'Symonds-street and Khyber Pass, and I can assure you, Sir, it is a very rare sight to see a watercart. Should one appear it is generally in the middle of the day, Avhen the stores are all full of dust. We all know that next to foul air dust is the greatest purveyor of tuberculosis. I wish some of your readers who suffer from these dusty roads would file a petition to the proper authorities, to which I wotild gladly add my name.—l am, etc.,

ONE WHO SUFFERS,