CLEANING UP.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18999, 23 October 1923, Page 5

CLEANING UP.

A 111"SV WEEK-UND. As was anticipated. the business of cleaning up tlio back yards of the city and suburbs became considerably more brisk as the week drew to a close. During the last three days of last week the, difficulty was to got enough vehicles to deal with the rubbish put out on the streets for clearing away. Suitable carts were specially haul lo got, because many lorries happened to be'engaged unloading a big cargo of ease oil. ami also (he Labour Day holiday made carters specially busy cm Friday and Saturday. Nevertheless some 15 drays woio secured, and kept going the rounds of the streets, several of the extra teams being employed picking up slnfl that bad been missed earlier in the week. I’chchct Bay continued to bo the chief depot, and on Thursday and again on Friday over ot) loads wore deposited there. As a result the pile of iron and tin refuse there has grown to lingo proportions. At the Wharf street tip not quite so much material lias been deposited, but nevertheless great quantities of rusty tins, kitchen utensils, spouting. broken iron bedsteads, spring mattresses, and garden rubbish have found (h‘dr way there, Unfortunately, the space set apart by the Harbour Board for the tip is practically exhausted, and probably most of the heavy rubbish will have to be moved later to the sandhills. The big heap at Pclichct Bay will also have to be moved elsewhere. At the sandhills at St. Kilda last week over 60 loads of old hardware from Ht. Kilda and St. Clair were deposited, and this waste will all be turned to good account in filling in and lc\el!ing up the sandhills. It is all being covered over "with sand, and already at this lip 'tbe dust carts have helped to prepare a level roadway and a considerable playing area.

M‘Bride street on Saturday morning was typical of the appearance of many streets both on the hills and the Flat during the past week. Opposite the gate of nearly every second house was stacked a larger or smaller pile of tens and old metal refuse of every description. The scene called to mind tho familiar phrase. “A good riddance of bad rubbish.” 'The men engaged carting have been hard put to it to keep pace with all the loads offering, and in some cases the regular rlusf. .carts have lent assistance by adding some ancient hardware to their loads. It is estimated that during the week not far short of 300 drav loads of lumber of this description has been removed to the tips, and no one ran see the results obtained ■without feelnipr that the city must be the cleaner, tidier, nnd healthier for tho effort.