Ilam And Air Pollution

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28820, 14 February 1959, Page 3

Ilam And Air Pollution

Sir,—“Pro Bono’s” letter sounds convincing, but the main weakness, which he admits. Is that there will still be smoke and gas discharged. On a calm, frosty morning when smog is at its worst in Christchurch, this discharged waste will fall to ground level no matter at what height it is discharged. To excuse this because fumes are already in existence from domestic fires and vehicle exhausts is another weakness. In the press this week Birmingham’s Medical Officer of Health reported that in one recent week out of 428 deaths in Birmingham, 107—equivalent to . 25 per eelit—had died of respiratory diseases, with the suggestion that smog was a large contributing factor. Christchurch is' rapidly- becoming New. Zealand’s chief manufacturing centre and If we are to save lives

by eliminating smog, strong action is required now.—Yours,’ etc,, PRO BONO PUBLICO. February 13, 1959.

Sir,—“Pro Bono’s" letter of February 13 is interesting. Is he serious or facetious? So, if it is to be engineered by the university experts and installed by a government department—the same experts who engineered and Installed the present heating system, the people of Ilam are invited to come along in winter and see the device in operation.—Yeurs, etc., SCEPTICAL. February 13, 1959.