Mr Shaw and a Refuse Dump
Mr. Bernard Shaw has won the battle of the Wheathampstead refuso dump. As the result of representations by Bt. Albans Rural Council, the Islington Borough Council has agreed to make some changes in the system of working there.
The Islington Council’s dump is near Mr. Shaw’s Hertfordshire home at Ayot, St. Lawrence. Since 1922 he has protested against conditions at the dump in characteristic letters to St. Albans Rural Council, in whose area the dump is situated. In one letter Mr. Shaw compared the dump to the fumes of the island volcano of Stromboli, ‘‘which is believed by the islanders to communicate directly with hell, and to be, in fact, one of the chimneys of that establishment.”
Mr. Shaw, indeed, stated that to “explain the gravity of the nuisance” was beyond his literary powers. He therefore quoted the Book of Exodus. “Behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee.” This might have served Pharaoh right, but what had they in Hertfordshire done to deserve this plague? was his comment.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6866, 24 May 1932, Page 9
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176Mr Shaw and a Refuse Dump Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6866, 24 May 1932, Page 9
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