The Oamaru Mail WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1879.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 913, 20 March 1879, Page 2

The Oamaru Mail WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1879.

Tiir. residents of tft« town »>f Watm-ite are been mi nit seared at. the prevalence? r»f fever tn their midst, and ttitt? resittt is that » movement. U «"ti. t'oof. to- proclaim the kuwrv a borough. Wp hope that this movement may fie successful. Tt is ptaiu t-Fi:t-!". the time has arrived the adoption of a system of drainage is* com-pul-»iirj-. There is tv nther emust open to the residents of Waimate, unless they remove their habitat iott.s further up the hill. TTiH iiwit has attained its present .state "»f perfection as a nttrsery for fevers,, in eonsei-nreriee- of the absence of anything that bears the siiv,'hte*t resemblance fen- drainage. Ilcutaw stops and ntiun.-uve refuse of every description have been front necessity throwtt down where mosI; enn.venieut. and. pereotattm-: tht-owi/h, tile soil into- the wetts. u-p.'tt which the inhabitants of Wairnate. ftke those of O-amarit. have tr« a rrreat measstre to depend for their writer, the** poisonous matters have hetped to swell the- Volume of the precious thtid. Can anyone he surprised that the wells of Waiiuate have become pottuted and tontain penns »>f fever when this indiscriminate disposal of tiltft ft:*.* tasted for over l."» years. tint. were it. to avoid the pollution of the water iu the well- and thus ptvetude the po'vU'vlity of fever beiter: communicated through its medium, there w>nttd stilt he fever itv Waimate. People v.dio never drink weft water have suffered from the ravage* of fever. The gernn are sttsj; ended itt the atmosphere. Noisome smell-!, arisim,'. not from aefcnwvted.Med ami patpahle cesspools, but from sources move deeply seated-, are Universal in sultry weather. Nobody is to- Haute for this. The thou.u'htfitt and the thorr-httess are alike innocent, for they are «o[ t "n>tted l.y no other taw- than that of necessity, [f the people of Waituate are guilty of anything, it is of neglect to- take ttie iiieas'iri'H necessary for seeurinu" the advantages of hemu' a borough for their township tons »', f o. It eouht not be pipected that the County Council, or its predecessors in authority over the town. wordd have either the inclination "r ilw titue fen atfeernt property to- t\\Q att'airs »•■:' . thofeown. ft is only to v.ateh ttie worki-uu' of the tuacldiu-ry of a FWuity'h, Coirrn-it t" t»,- t-'iH i;u_> .-l that the bnsittt's.s of luar.a-'iti;,' th" ati'.-.ir:: lot n town is t.>ti''forts. County Council tors have soirls above ton.sUeration fop towns. They are tfi-e representatives of tan-t. atut not of poputat:on. and wotitil ratht-r ipiprove a road teaditf;'to nowhere than devot*, time, troithte. and funds- to securing' the conifort atut maintain hi-the health of townspeople. Thv |oo:',t County CVntuciilor tuay 1.-e a man of this kind; hrtt the Waif.iate Cotttiiy i Council eori'-ists m;v:;.tty *<i nteti who resiile in oMu'!- dis-ri.'ts : and, ■■,■-- the siu.'lls of V.'aitnate nvsr p.-'l-r,-Ht!a-l. they woutd only he .-si'"-'-! '" tiu-'ir evil fc'flje 1 ". wfe-it they choose foattend Coi-'ntyCou:..-it r.i-etitt-s. W.isiua e |',:s L;T"\vn to such- propoW-ions that the rrsi,l;'ntswil! have hut tirth'tr.i>ff'[eb,.-vi : :i-i in •'..'" -'routine a-rran j.'eiu"!i.ts in obtirtnn!'-; whst iliev (I'.'sire. a'el "-hen their to v. n h.:s :-.-e;i iuad-.' a i- ro,:■;!;. r !■, y ..floutd :■..- niii-.. tin-it tb" ; r r-t-'ut-iori. to the ..I's.iuuicrtfe. of a. v,-;!.f.'V *u;-p!y.