ST. HILDA’S ASHES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19906, 28 September 1926, Page 13

ST. HILDA’S ASHES.

OVERLOADED DUST-CARTS. COMPLAINT BEFORE COUNCIL. Should a householder Bond all his rubbish away jby thu dust cart or should he dig what refuse he can into the back garden to further the growth of his new potatoes. This question caused some discussion at the meeting of the St. Hilda Borough Council last evening. ~ . Cr T. D. Roy said he considered Jhat th« borough’s dustmen were being asked to do too much by some of the ratepayers. For instance, he said, he had recently seen no fewer than 10 kerosene tins full of rubbish awaiting removal out- ' aide one residence, and the quota of one large boarding house in the borough' was sometimes as many as 40 tins. He considered that a good deal of this refuse could be buried. Cr Edgar; This question has been discussed before. Personally, I think it preferable that the householders should be encouraged to semi their rubbish away. If we are to have a clean borough we do not want ratepayers to bury refuse in their backyards. Cr M'Ourdy said they could certainly limit the number of tins, but this would probably mean that the householder would use large drums - which the dustman could not handle. The Mayor (Mr R. W. Hall) said he did pot think the council could interefere in thi. matter. As far as the boarding house mentioned was concerned, they had to consider the rates which it paid. The proprietor had a right- to have all his ashes removed. Concerning the 10 tins mentioned by Cr Roy, this was probably an, outside instance. It was not likely that any householder would have 10 tins of rubbish to dispose of weekly, iCr - Longworth agreed with Cr Edgar. They could not,, he said, refuse to remove whatever ashes a ratepayer wished to put outside his gate. If , the dust carts were made use of to take 'away unlimited quantities of garden refuse and sq forth there would be cause for complaint. It might be as well to have the dustmen send in a report. The Mayor: I think it is beyond our jjqwer to do anything. For the sake of the cleanliness of the borough' it would be better, he said, to encourage the householder to , got rid of all refuse. At present, .at .all events, the matter was best left