ONEHUNGA CLEAN-UP
NOVEL PATRIOTIC EFFORT Ihe staff of the Onehunga T3orough Council gave other local bodies a lead on Saturday in combining patriotism with utility, with the result that the Lighting I'orees Fund was increased by X-So m cash and the borough has been cleaned up in the one operation. Each householder had been notified during the week that all classes of rubbish would be collected on Saturday at a minimum charge of 6d and 65 employees of the council did the work free. Tho cash contributions varied from 6d to 10s and 120 tons of rubbish were collected. The litter included a largo number of iron bedsteads and gas stoves, together with an assortment of old iron not yet valued. I'ivo of the council's trucks were employed all day and sufficient valueless rubbish was gathered to fill in a quarter of an acre of Gloucester Park. The scheme was carried out under the supervision of tho borough engineer, ]Ur. It. D. Baker.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23992, 16 June 1941, Page 6
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