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Evening Star, Issue 16822, 26 August 1918, Page 4

The implication in a remark mwde by His Worship the Mayor when discussing Lake Logan at the council meeting that it wan the duty of residents in the district to stir np the Harbor Board to reply io the council's offer to assist in the reclamation 01 the lake formed a test for a few remarks on duty at a meeting of the Lake Logan Vigilance Committee on Saturday. While it waa recognised that the people in the district should work for the elimination of a plague spot in their neighborhood, it was claimed that it waa one of the primary duties of a public b'sJy like the City Council to see that the City waa kept clean and the citizens assured of sanitary surroundings, and the onus should not fall on the residents oi any particular district simply because it was their misfortune to five in the vicinity of a public nuisance. At the same time, the committee decided to act on the Slayer's -suggestion, and ask the Harbor Board for information as to their attitude towards Iht City Council's offer. The committed adopted a resolution thanking Cr Douglas for bringing the matter forward, and expressed the hope that the council would not rest until the danger waa removed and the unsightly area transformed int<> a playground unrivalled in the City.

A substantial improvement was rioth«abl& on the Dunedin waterfront to-day, and the wharves presented a much bu=ier appearance than has been the case for some time past. Tw, arrivals yesterday land tt-day were the steamers Stella, with general cargo from Auckland and Wellington ; the Karanui, with a full cargo of coal from Or>?ymouth; the Kotare, with '■ a load of timber from Catlin River; and the Cc-rinna, with general cargo from Wel- '■ liugton. Altogether there were eight vessels berthed at the various wharves to-day. i including t.he American f crar-raa ' schooner P. &. Holmes- and a large AmeriI can sailing ship- The C. S. Holmes is discharging a big cargo of case oils and lumI ber, and the other sailer is also discharging a largo cargo. Work was somewhat de- ! {ayed the first thing this morning on ac- > count of the light fall of rain", but a etart was made in earnest shortly after 10 a»m. to discharge and load the various I vessels, and almost, every member of the ; Watersidera' Union found employment. | The port will be fairly busy for the nex! I two or three day?, and the change wiL ! be jrladlv welcomed by those men who depend on the local waterfioj'iT for a liveliJ hood.