THE CITY WATER SUPPLY.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18101, 17 June 1924, Page 9

THE CITY WATER SUPPLY.

TO THE EDITOR 0? "THE PEESS.'" Sir—lt is said that "hell is paved with'good intentions," and from observation I should imagine that =-, lons as Christehureh exists there will to g a plentiful supply of pavement. Were a geologist from another country Ll to secure reliable mlormation "," ,tthS eeo ogical formation of this Set .undoubtedly eonsu.t ?£ resident. professor of geology. , ? «,ste the ratepayers' money by e . d , t ? "fVeito a depth of about sinking a jell to i had ;t 400 nod the Pro essor of Geology he ° OnS IH have assured it there was only X remotest chance of striking an the ?„t supplv of water irom the abundant suppo M er< the we „ fTbeei dri«n for about 150 feet has been rock _ thus beanng th f tne Pressor's opinion that th--J too close to the hills to permit o£ Vcuring a satisfactory deep stratum supply- ldom known a more comof the saying "A plct wis not without honour save in P r °P he ; foU ntry and amongst his own his owb coU^ h / sooner both a competpe? P pn«necr and geologist are called • n \he better for the ratepayers. Th.s Tomfoolery has gone ou long enough.Yours, etc, HATEPAYEB. next column.)

CONCERNING MATERNITY. TO THE EDITOR OP "THE PEXSS." Sir, —As one who has been'through the mill, may I say that to me some of tho remarks made by the Minister of Health and the Director-General of Hospitals regarding maternity are almost ridiculous. The Minister of Health says that Nature's methods arc unfortunately considered out of date in these days. Does he also consider it out of date to wear clothes? And does he have his teeth out without gas?* Nature surely never meant him to wear clothes or go to a dentist. I was present at the opening of a new maternity hospital in Geraldine, where he said, "God gave woman a little (?) pain and saw that it was good for her to suffer." I understand that in the beginning Nature did not mean woman to suffer as she does now, so when did God decide she must commence to suffer for her good? Dr. Valintine says "Maternity is a natural process," but from more than one experience let me assure him it is a most unnatural process in these overcivilised days. The Minister of Health says it will be a good day for New Zealand when it is realised that a doctor is only necessary to see that things are going right. Quite lately a friend of mine in a maternity hospital in a wellknown centre was left to Nature's methods, with the result that she was so ill that she never left her bed for two months, and has the prospect now of a serious operation in a few months' time. She and many others in these hospitals ztc not even allowed the doctor to see that things are going right. Did she "receive the proper attention" referred to by Dr. Valintine in his speech to the IVaipawa Hospital Board? —Yours, etc., SOUTH CANTEEBUEY.