UNTIDY STREETS.

Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 14, 28 August 1930, Page 7

UNTIDY STREETS.

During the last few weeks many of t<ae streets of our borough have received a goad deal of attention from the Borough Council by way of cleaning up the grass burins, water channels, etc., so that they no longer have their rural and neglected appearance which earns for such thoroughfares the descriptive name of "Jong paddock." So thoroughly ha.s--.this work been carried out tihat at une of the recent Council meetings we were told that the streets of the borough were then in a better condition than for many years past. Everyone is agreed that attention to such details, particularly in our residential areas, gives a lasting impression of enterprise and* prosperity in "any borough, but (even thoug>3v it has to raise its rates to make ends meet) the effect is greatly ..minified if the same thorough, fares are allowed to bejjome unsightly and untidy in other ways. There appears to be a growing- tendency on the part of certain persons" whose identity it is '.-difficult' to trace/ to use1 the street as ;i garbage tip find to .deposit thereon a certain amount, of their garden refuse. Other offenders are .certain types of fruit, and vegetable vendors who leave slumps of decayed oranges, apples, cabbage leaves, etc., outside the gateway to ;sowc neatly kept suburban villa. Paper has many uses', but when it is allowed to collect jii the water channels, blow about the street, 'and to find- a. resting place under -hedges and; in the gateways to residences, it is extremely unsightly. This has been particularly noticeable"; of late in certain streets and gives one the impression that the streets in,, question are frequently used 'for paper-chase trails.

It is difficult to know what remedy can be suggested, as it is almost impossible for a borough inspector to detect tho offenders. The remedy, therefore, sccans to rest with '..the in.dividual residents, who ■ might be brought to realise tiiat he not Only owns the section on which he lives, but to a lesser degree, he owns the street in which he thas decided to make his home. If each one of us could be brought to realise that our patriotism, does not "end with our love for our nation, our love for out country and the torwn in which we live, but extends to our particular home and our particusplar street, then each and every one of us" would 'contribute, largely toj the better and neater appearance of our town, if each one of us would take the same amount of pride in qju- . road frontage as we do in our garden. ,