Correspondence

Hutt News, Volume 19, Issue 12, 22 August 1945, Page 5

Correspondence

Sir,—l wish to complain about the rubbish collection procedure in Lower Hutt. This collection of refuse is one of those essential services for which we ratepayers pay— jlnd pay heavily if my last rate demand is .any criterion. Like so many things to-day the refuse collection service has apparently become thoroughly regimented, in that only specified sizes and shapes of ,tins are acceptable to the collectors. It sometimes happens that for one reason or another there is an extra accumulation of rubbish from a household. Sometimes this extra accumulation is more than will go into 'the regulation rubbish tin. Wnen this happens it is no use expecting "the refuse collectors to remove it. I have tried this course. Will our City Fathers tell us just what to do with this extra rubbish? And if I do what they are open to suggest, 'will they give me a compensatory reduction on my rates? The petrol ration has'just been increased; would it be too much to ask that the City Council, subject to the approval of the autocratic refuse men, permit us, once in a' while, lo exceed our rubbish ration. After all, I take it the refuse collection service was introduced on the grounds of public health. Why then Should the collectors quibble? Is their set routine and convenience of more importance than health? —I am etc., "".TIN CAN." #•• . * (The Editor) Sir, —Have City folk no real J thought or love for animals, or why are there horses put into small paddacks in such weather as we have

had during the past few weeks, without a single sheltering tree? Certainly these animals have covers, but their heads, chests and feet must have been wet through for several weeks. One sees them in the early morning, having stood all night in slush, hail or bitter wind, looking dejected and heaving patient sigh after sigh , preparing to be worked all day. Horses do sleep standing, but they also sit down and rest their legs at times. A small shelter made only of ti-tree would make a wonderful difference to these poor patient friends of man. Country animals always make for trees fh bad weather. : i! - /i; " ! ' ; ; .