THE REED FOR CLEANLINESS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 118, 20 May 1907, Page 3

THE REED FOR CLEANLINESS.

to tite cditoh. Sir, — The present rcems a favourable opportunity ti suggest that immediate st;ps h: taken for" the destruction of venous car.demncd buildings in ths city. If, as I vnderstrsd. thsi? continusd cx:sle:irc arises frcm a coufhet cf authority, or dvabt of power to act on tho part of rithor Hcilth Department of City Council, then all the moro reason for the mitter being settled nov.'. Carnins down Lambion-quay this morning between Q and G I was struck with tho disgusting messes of refuse exposed in open Has, buckets, etc. Fish, fruit, eating-house scraps, etc., etc. In r.ll crs;D ortsidc tho premises cf aliens. For the public safety rigorous end vigorous steps aro imperatively needed .to coiipcl ct le-ssi moderate attcnticn to ordinsi-y claanlincss .on tho part of thoco careless alion.-,. For thsir own sike3 it does not much matter — they rre hap^iy ia surroundings which a European would shrink from — but. wo havo a right to be protected from their filthy and careless stylo of living. This is no timo for mealy-mouthed sentimentality. A brigade of fully-armed smitary inspectors is urgently necJcJ with instructions to enforce c'leanlin;ss and care. — I am, etc., 13th May.