"CLEANING-UP" WEEK.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17101, 5 March 1919, Page 6

"CLEANING-UP" WEEK.

SUCCESS OF THE SCHEMA CONTINUANCE DECIDED'OK. CO-OPERATION OF CITIZENS 1 The period fixed for " cleanirig.up'i,'•?.'' week by the City Council was to have ; terminated to-day, but it has been . dacided to extend it for several days longer. ' In announcing the fact yesterday, tie , Mayor, Mr, J. H. Gunson, said that the ' special services were to be maintained f or a further period, on the advice olth e chief sanitary inspector. ! 'l|f|li Since last Wednesday, when " cleaning.' up" week commenced, the ordinary refuse carts had removed an enoimous'.y increased quantity of material, said Mr. \ Gurison. A daily average of 60 loads of rubbish, etc., had been taken to/the destructor, as compared with 40 load* 8 day usually collected. In addition, 2tf loads of other material, such as tins, had | been carted away to various dumps. Tin ; " work was not yet finished, hence the deci. sion, to continue it. Citizens would note, ; therefore, that on the oidinary refuse- | collecting days, until further notice, they" § might still place out for removal anything - at all in the nature of rubbish o? waste material. The Mayor urged that where '~' the cleaning-up process had not been'car-'-. '- tied out, householders should attend to the matter while the special services remained. *s3pßsS| The owners and occupiers of stores and business premises had responded magnifi. ', - cenlly to the appeal for a sanitary' cam.V. paign, said Mr. Gunson, and the council'i" sanitary inspectors had met with support everywhere, and had had no trouble in |l securing the co-operation of citizens, . There had been a genoral renovation ox , ;, f'' premises throughout the city, partleu- ' J larly in business establishments where the " "' class of goods (stocked, and the general conditions afforded harbourage for raU and other vermin. In conclusion,, he said | there was no donbt that " cleaning-np" week in Auckland had immensely in-/", proved matters, and the council hoped ; ' that the concluding days of the special effort would farther' contribute to the • attainment of the object in view-a cleanly city. ' !|.-.yi "-'-;■-