POLLUTION OF RIVER

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29749, 16 February 1962, Page 5

POLLUTION OF RIVER

Action By Society

“Disgusting” and filthy” were two of the terms used to describe pollution of the Waimakariri river at a meeting of the council of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society. Members complained of freezing works waste entering the river near the south branch of the river, above the main traffic bridge. “People bathe there and don’t know what's coming out.” said Mr B. T. Roper. “It’s a wonder some of them are still alive.” The council decided to write to the Pollution Council and the Health Department Mr G. R. Parker said he had visited the area and had been appalled. “The stench is terrible, and it is just like coming out of a blood tank,” he said. The river at this point was not fit to let a dog go through, let alone a human, said another. “We have pollution going into one of our main streams." said Mr N. I. Voyce. “I think we should hammer and hammer at it until we get something done.” Cadet Ranger.— A cadet ranger should be appointed to the ranging staff, it was decided at a meeting of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society. Only one man was on duty at the present, Mr G. Mugford said, and he was very overworked. *