HIGH-LEVEL TROUBLES

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6451, 24 February 1908, Page 9

HIGH-LEVEL TROUBLES

THE WATER < A!' b. lEE Tliore really is Tunny nbmit ilio tribulations of Em p-opm on tlm iiigil ievuin oT iVi'llll|,'loti, wm-l- me l-ili/.cmM are dependent Inr wnl-r en tanks. .No iluuht tin- niti/.wis v. lio Inn nenr tint Kelbnme I n.mlurn. nml nre ut in lint nioniin;; lo v, n-r t.;:r law Kn.‘de..» plenl.lnly, limit ~m Wlllcr-crv and tlm dren ; ;nl, a imie aw,.., •s evnp-ernle.d. They rep mid rkm'LLV.-.ndThnre I-; a nmrennrei.) <n air. Kollniruo and >•'>l-1 him. 1 ,»*. anwnlerlres K n in IIH 1 " : -dnln;. nl pre.em If fm-t: ll.nt 10- ' ->.;n- J l Is now narrvintf out works mat will (;ivo I!" m w.-d-r in three linin'!m. DHOIKIUT-SMITTEX I-’OEKS. droii-jln-smittcn 'urn y. -t-. i’ay -.in! mnversed wiili /iomo dweliere on fin- / invids. Most or tim .imih-.-. 're;; pk.uUfully! are fairly' eh-erlnl lor linIlm tmni ii-rm ia us are not in extremis. Imnausn Hmy are ado to Inlj from tlm Kelbnine ’I rani way (.ompnnj ut As per 1000 Kalians. ’llm e jam.. supplies it at loss than ™-t as a ms vonionre. All tins wider has to . :;irvti,::L!^uLLVL;,;L;’v: , ;., ( .Lr8s !ru:arm''v;:n.,.;;;LyiV;LiLiispalrh. It is Imallliy "N'-reire. - noyiliK. Solan of Dm Inanma hreh ni'ihiVnd’a-hair jn'mm.y up a strop lull with two full bnelmt.s is 100 vi.den,- rrerfor a sedentary nly man oi obese i.mnlrimy. ODD IJUSII TACTICS. Olio lady was asked it it was true that a very 1 ” 4 l replied" ‘that ' this ' was so. Tlm iiousrtallmr washed .in alanll a n'e.u l (he had oven up shaviap). the wile sm-ieeded fun., and Die children were sirereru-nt paiticipantH m (lie same In-tniy. t,.i„ did not end tlm usefulness ol tlm wnler. and Dm housewife told a slovy wluen Bln, did not .intend tin. imnm, nl re-“winiliiiiK-iip.” and lastly for i i-ri'taim;: tlm family eahl.iu!" pate.li. One man at. fjorthlancis has a well, and lm is yie.itij esteemed- It is n goiiil vd- I, 100, .mu the* pilgrims who rattle buckets mound it aro many. All the old bush tnol.es for provontiiu! tha water spillim; are used, oven to the cranimiiiK ol grass on top of the buckets. Some men dress lor wator-carrvion: others simply eonm home from tlm laink. the warehouse, or Uio limp, and go to work. "JTRY-Br,OWING.” One lady asserted that her children had not been washed since one day last week, when tho water gave out. .She dips tho towel in what dampness is available, and senilis hard. It reminds ono of tlm ‘'dry-blowing process ot "washing” in vogue at Coolgnrdm in tho early "nineties.” ~ _ People living adjacent to tho Karon road come from distances up to ti imlo nnd a-hnlf to till thoir buckets at tho Botanical Gardens. Tho Varm-i Borough Council soils water to tho dry uenizens of tho high-level suburbs. , »ut as the fluid has to he earned up lulls the man who wants 500 gallons is lucky if ho gms half, the residue going to irrigate tho parched hillsides. Wherever there is a natural tricklo coming our omi bank there Ims the unaccustomed citizen dug a hole deep enough to dip a bucket. THE DESERTED COTTAGE. Waterless folk in some instances have closed up thoir high-level houses until the drought breaks, and have come to town. One man employed in a public office, who is a high-level rodent, enrries homo several beer-bottles lull ot water from town every lunch hour arid mnlng. AH tho now houses that have boon built long enough for the tanks to have received water have been raided, nnd the collapse of a tank-stand bearing a half-full tank was looked upon as t disaster.