BUT NOT ENOUGH

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 140, 11 December 1923, Page 8

BUT NOT ENOUGH

i ■* SUBURBAN DIFFICULTIES

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gentla patter of rain on the roof "was heard with intense satisfaction by jnany city and suburban gardeners this flaming. , Those who did not hear the °raij, but"! who', sprang out of their beds ' -when their alarm clocks went off, were equally gratified to see rain on the windows when they pulled up their blinds. 'Unfortunately,, the rain was not heavy enough to do much good, and those people in the suburbs who depend on tank supplies for their household needs "■JIJCve not v benefited very much. Scotch mist will-not fill-tanks if they-last for W or three; hours only, and that was ahont as. much moisture as evidenced itfelf in parts of Wellington and suburbs (pir'the early hours of this morning. water shortage has been felt most t«Ve.rely in Karori, Seatoun Heights, and So far as, Karori and Seaitoun. Heights are concerned, the residents &heie have appealed to the City Count 'aY ior assistance,; and the Waterworks a Engineer has been instructed to do the "oest he can to see that the people in those ..djstncts hav.e" water carted to their aseistance until the tanks are full once more Residents on the lower portions of Seatoun are not in such dire straits as those on the higher levels as they me supplied with water from a service reservoir on the hillside overlooking Miramax. ■ . -: ..,..•

|ijj KARORI'S EMPTY TANKS, 'j^fimpty-fanks' are the rule rather than Ujth^'exceptioU'at'Karo'ri, and the people Jijf /that smiling suburb are anxiously j| looking forward to the time when the i Orongorongo. supply will be made availifSblji'for them. Mr. R. Semple's party of workers is making all speed iitoSbome to the rescue of Karon and other ;,pajcts of' the city which suffer in dry iiwe^ither, and expects ..to ;haye the Orongo'Tongo tunnel, pierced at the end of the seicond week in February. It may be part of a year, however, before ythej.jwater pipes are laid'to Karori, and 'lithe^reticulation of that district is well sunder way. .. „,..... . . :J?3ri the. meantime, while the diy weather persists, Karori papple are "having Anything: but an enviable time, and ; Bpme of them who have taken the trouble i i 1to'-T.qart water from town with which :'lo their tanks have had the Jjrony of discovering that it has been f)^Men on them. One Karori resident, 'S^fio possesses a motor-car, conveyed a number of kerosene tins filled with water Jtbjjiis home at the week-end, and empt tied; these into one of his tanks to the ; depth of three or four corrugations. On j-Monday morning, when he went to fill >ths.kettle the tank was dry. Someone (had : invaded his premises overnight and iemptied the tank for him!

;|g- OVER THE HARBOUR. :■ j?On the eastern side of the hajbour the 'plight of many. residents is serious. In jjp.ay-s Bay the position is not so bad ytecause houses there are supplied from a ifesefvoir up in ths hillside amongst the -bush, but at Eastbourne most people . vhaye to depend on tanks. There are one • pi-ptwo reservoirs on the hill which :• serve a few houses, but these are rapidly lifting depleted.... Many East Harbour presidents spent Saturday afternoon and ■ Sunday carrying water Jong distances iirom -wells in various parts of the bor,.sugh- .Those, who constituted these .water '.fatigtieVparties, as- they would be. known ;.if~cn active service, in the- Army., will i, most certainly vote for the Eastbourne" (Borough Council's water supply propbs--aJs when they are submitted to the ratepayers early next year. After this prbJ longed spell of' dry weather the borjough's water scheme is sure to be carrried by an overwhelming majority. The i borough recreation ground has presented Ja, very parched appearance lately, but a view days ago a well was sunk and suffi- . cient water will shortly be available for i.use at the pavilion, and will probably "give the sward something of a vernal •appearance. This morning's rain did npt ...do much good aj Eastbourne, for it was ::mor ß of a mist than anything else, and j-did not continue for long. \ POSITION SERIOUS. . »■ The position in the city is getting sufi,ficien.tfy.rseriouß for tie Mayor to announce, that .if j-ain does not come within *a few'days it is proposed to restrict the i-use of hoses, whether people have meters or not. The use of water on the vcity reserves is also to be curtailed. If *fee. -Majror's dictum should have to be carried" into effect cricket pitches, croquet^Jawns,,. and bowling greens will jtafve, perforce, to suffer. Some bowling «lubs have already ceased rising much ..water, if any at all, but although the ,:tvundlers , complain of "hurdles" and iard-running surfaces, they willingly sac-o-ifice pleasure for- the general good. JjTTLE HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. * Barometric -pressure has continued high over the Northern districts, and the barometer has moved only jgbout one-tenth-in-the-South; yet it has Recounted -for' some beneficial rain in ihe Southern area. There were strong fouth-westerly winds, a3 reported yes-' and with- these came some food warm,rain on the East Coast. iSightylrfcuc, points fell at Coalgate, between Christchurch and Lake Coleridge •listrict, the weather reporter stating ihat this was the first good rain for Jour weeks. "This rain will do a great amount-, of-good. -The change to the •puth, .with.a temporary cooling, brought jVith -it,7 points of rain,.which, however, anly make 3 one-tenth of an inch for the nionth. So the shortage bl-"'rainfall" con- . tinues. The forecast of the Director of the Meteorological Office to-day givea no hope for rain in the immediate future, amd speaks of fair to cloudy weather generally/.little-movement. of the barometer, moderate to strong westerly >>inds prevailing, with- a southerly tendency..:, ._. :