DUST.

New Zealand Herald, Issue 81, 16 February 1864, Page 4

DUST.

To the Editor of the Neiv Zk.u.anj) Xlhulu. Smi, —'When; live tho watercarts that:, a month , riiiw, wore nearly completed by Messrs. Victory . and Maseficld, and would bo at work in a few days 'r AVhcie is tin: City Hoard r Bo its mi tubers over walk in the public streets, "eyes to windward?" i If so, one would ihink that they would siir the con- j tractors for the earts up, and let ns have some remedy : for this crving evil la-tore the summer is over. ! To-day, while I am writing, the nuisance is worse j than ever. The dust cemcs sweeping through the j front shop, spoiling all the nice fresh goods just un- ; ]iacl;e;l iiom the ' I'lcoats,' and rushing in through the hack parlour door, leaves a gritty <Inl upon everything, making the poor children fretful with the pain which it occasions to their eyes. I.'eallv, Mr. Editor, I never saw any plare equal to Auckland for- the amount <>t' petty Torments io ! which tho inhabitants are exposed through the want ; of care and forethought of their rulers. I should ! not he at all surprised if this place were made a sort of penal settlement for the more hardened characters in Purgatory, whu would wry soon ho brought to their "Hearings if they were compelled to drink the draining of cesspools, break their shins against obstructions in tho darkness of night, havo their food . eves, and throat, filled, on dry and windy days, j with a finely prepared powder of scoria, dirt, and horse dun:;-. Any stranger pr"iiionaditig the streets between S a.m. and ■"> p.m., while the dust has lull play, would declare that there was nut a pretty woman in Auckland. Their faces are all puckered up and distorted, and every one looks cross and illtcmpered, nnd who can say how many il-ritating things are said auddone iimler the influence of this teasing- pest. Keallv, sir, of all the public nuisances tho dust nuisance is the most unendurable, and its continuance benefits nobody. Pedestrians sutler, shopkeepers suffer, and everybody is complaining ahont it, and yet the remedy is so very simple that I atn almost ied to fancy some one must gain hy it, or it would not he allowed to continue a day longer. L can only say that 1 feci it. severely, for X am, Mr. Editor, one of those ladies who, no longer young, are driven to the use of paint, and I cannot ali'ord to be continually wiping the dust from my face. I am, sir, yours, VnuMtLi.iox. Queen-street, Feb. loth. [We have very little sympathy with ladies who paint, but for the sake of the public we think that, as soon us possible, steps should bo taken to put an end to this nuisance. "Water earts might be constructed in a lew hours. A couple ef iron tanks might be easily placed on a pair of wheels, and a single valve J would supply the spreader. "We cannot understand why all this delay has oeeiurcd. The daily loss occasioned by the dust, to say nothing of the inconvenience, is something considerable' to the citizens. —ED. X. Z. 11.]