REFUSE COLLECTION

Evening Post, Issue 29, 4 February 1935, Page 8

REFUSE COLLECTION

(To the Editor.) ' Sir,—Apparently our City Council does not consider the • collection' of household refuse an essential, service. In these days 'of enlightening health propaganda one is amazed at the attitude displayed by the municipal autho-' rities with regard * to this matter. Highland , Park, that Cinderella suburb, is made to wait for ten and eleven days between collections of rubbish; and when a complaint is made one is told of holidays intervening. Surely we are! entitled to a. refuse collection once in every~seven^ ays.—l am, etc., IMPATIENTLY WAITING.' . (To the Editor.) Sir,—lt was with great interest ,1 read in the columns of your paper the other day about the conference that was held between the sanitary inspectors of the City Council and the Public Health Department. Many flattering remarks were made about the zealous service in the interests of public health and hygiene that were given so abundantly by both departments. If this zeal for public health is really- genuine,' and1 not hot air as I fear it is, I would like to know why it does not extend to, the regular removal of refuser From my own experience every public holiday causes a dislocation in the refuse removal service, making it from one to three days late. During-the excessive heat in December and January it has several times been ten days before a collection has been made in Oriental Bay. Other public services are able-to be maintained in spite of public holidays; why not the most important one as far as public health is concerned? A few extra men employed for this service would materially assist the unemployment problem and give ratepayers the service they pay for.—l am, etc., ■ BIN FULL AND OVERFLOWING.