A CLEAN CITY
In the clays of the Roman emperors every man, woman, and child used on an average 50 gallons of water a day, aji extravagant enough amount.
But there is a part of the United States, Tacoma, where water is so abundant that 430 gallons a day is used per head. Engineers who have been studying the problems of water supply have come across the amusing fact that in medieval Paris the consumption of -water per head was one quart daily.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 117, 20 May 1933, Page 3 (Supplement)
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83A CLEAN CITY Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 117, 20 May 1933, Page 3 (Supplement)
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