AMERICAN FLEET.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 141, 13 June 1908, Page 7

AMERICAN FLEET.

(To the Editor.! Sir, —I am sorry Mr. Dacre's motion to subdue the stench at low tide at entrance to Queen-street wharf was rejected by the Harbour Board. If the Harboui umu will not extend and cover the sewer from its exit to deep low water I will lay the facts before the Admiral when he reaches Suva. The point is this, there are probably ten thousand young Americana ucmxi the ages of 18 and 26 living camp life, and peculiarly susceptible to typhoid, or rather what they call-"fall fever." Many of them will congregate about the dais when that function is on, of giving the American President his presentation, but a few feet removed from this stink. Between the hours of 10 and 11 a.m. of 10th of August the tide there will be at its lowest. Our visitors deserve better treatment. From the age of 18 to 26 I lived in camp life in America with many young men, some probably the fathers of the young men now visiting our shores, and I know these young men to be brave and generous, "and if we unbend our British red tape, stand-off-and-do-nothing attitude, you will find the American character worthy of respect. I owe my life to the bravery of one such young man, and I now feel that they should not be endangered by the dreadful stench found at low water at the foot of Queenstreet.—l am, etc., , MINNESOTA.