STREET DRAINAGE.
[To Thf. Editor.] Sir, —In a recent issue I was pleased to see a paragraph drawing the attention of our civic sages to the disgraceful state of the channelling from Pilmer's stables to Eastbourne street and the property adjoining ; but that is not the only place in the centre of the town that requires attention. I could name a lot more that are a menace to health aud a public disgrace, especially to those who are responsible. We have a well paid road overseer and inspector of nuisances, a mayor with a good honorarium, rates to the full limit the law will allow, and a good substantial overdraft, so that filthy back yards, emptying into mud channels and creating fever beds ought to be an impossibility. You say that a citizen is considering the advisability of sending a bottle of the slimy stuff to the next meeting of the Council for their consideration. I would suggest that the whole blooming channel be turned on the Councillors to bring them to a sense of the duty they owe to the ratepayers. If they are afraid to speak out and do their duty the sooner they resign the better it will be for Hastings. I cannot believe the rumor that one of the Councillors is a great offender. I hope he will give an emphatic denial at the next meeting of the Council.— I am, &c., Cleanliness.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 410, 27 August 1897, Page 2
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237STREET DRAINAGE. Hastings Standard, Issue 410, 27 August 1897, Page 2
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