THE DEPUTATION TO THE MAYOR
(To tho Editor.) . Sir—The Mayor and tho city engineer met a number of Day's Bay ratepayers on Wednesday morning for the purpose of explaining the proposed drainage scheme, for which a poll is to he taken on Monday next At this meeting the question was raised as to whether 't would, not he advisable to effect the discharge of tho offluonf" thfi soptic tanks only on the ebb tid'e, so as to obviate as far as possible nnv contamination of the beach. Mr. Morton thought .that this was not only unnecessary but impracticable, and stated so plain* t enough. Yet vour report of tho nrocedim"; sta!»s that Mr. Morton assured the meeting that care\woiild be taken to ensure that the effluent from the tanks would be discharged at a Mint sft, below low water mor|c and info the «jbb tide (onlr 5 ) I do not know wMher Mr. Morton has changed his oniuion as rn the value of H'e swreestipn made, but you report of the nrocp»din»s contained a misste tenant: which should hav been corrected without June 28.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 241, 29 June 1918, Page 8
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184THE DEPUTATION TO THE MAYOR Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 241, 29 June 1918, Page 8
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