Gums For Health
Sir, —Eucalyptus trees are thought by some to be a valuable hygienic agent in malarious districts. But it would need a forest Of these trees to absorb the odours occurring in the region adjacent to the Christchurch sewage works. Up to three years ago I believed that a modern sewage disposal system created no serious odour problems. However, after being introduced to the “smell” at its pungent worst I became a convinced supporter of the Aranui Progress League in its efforts to prove that an odour problem existed. To me, the average, collective human nose is a better judge of what stinks than the scientific instrument By all means plant trees as a possible palliative, but it is not right that one district in Christchurch should suffer for the rest of us. The cause of the odours must be positively determined and eradicated, not masked by apathy, indifference and scientific circumlocution.—Yours, etc., PATRICK NEARY. September 11, 1968.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31782, 12 September 1968, Page 14
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