THE RAT NUISANCE

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 133, 7 June 1935, Page 8

THE RAT NUISANCE

(To the Editor.)

Sir,—"lt is rather amusing to have ! people writing about the prevalence of rats on tips. There are always rats on tips." This apparently is exactly the attitude of the City Council toy wards the cleanliness of Wellington. As these words appear in the "Evening Post" perhaps it is the attitude of many of the people themselves. The Chaytor Street tip, only one of the many causes of Wellington's grubbiness, is a disgusting place. The writer of your article says that occupiers of new homes are surprised to find that rats are in and about most old houses. This is by no means the case in this locality, the presence of rats in the older parts of the city is understandable, but why must the council introduce them to a new, clean suburb? A great number of new homes have been infested from this tip. Tin only is supposed to be deposited there, but on a windy day the road and tracks nearby are" littered with paper and rubbish, and residents are ashamed of their suburb. The smell and smoke issuing from behind the ugly tin fence disgruntles them further.- Surely something can be done by the cleaning department of the council to assist the reserves department in the good work of "beautifying the city.—l. am. etc., ■ : . ..■■■ E.P.; .