WOMEN'S WORK.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12748, 27 April 1912, Page 3

WOMEN'S WORK.

(To the Editor ot the Herald.) "Man" works, irom early morn to set; of .sun, Women's work is- never done." v Sir, —Oh * reading your article on Avomen's work m cleaning up and beautifying America I could not help think-' i:i-g ot the great opportunities there ai. hereof or .-her .'to show what can be doni*.'! 1 will try and point' out a few of the "little" things that, need attention. First, t^ke the entrance to the river. What an unsightly, place the groyne an.l breakwater and wharves look 'throug'i the absence ci white paint, and the n._d for order amongst tne odds and enddumped here and there and everywhere, and allowed to rot away through tl:,' action of the weather. Near the cattle wharf is a. "dump" * f straw, rotten potatoes • and gener;.! refuse and sweepings from the wharf stores and sheds, which ought to b-. burned^ say, once a week, instead of remaining a stinking eyesore to every passer-by. Next there ought to.be some iron- arct-.' ings put m between the railway track t >; let the water away; as it is now it is _> black bog of mixed coal dust and 1 votf . manure, etc. Ladies all complain of tie damage doric to-their- lower gal-men:* through contact with this filth. Then take the means of access to the. Waikanae beach, from the wharf to ti.eflagstaff. It is a slippery mess aft-r rain. Why don't the harbor Board level up and improve their one chain above high water mark? Next the.Lowe str.;-! path, it is now fenced, and has a. tiii :- stile arrangement; again there is n_path and the woman with a go-cart (,- pram Ims a sbrry time m getting to the beach; Grey street from the bridge to Phethean's on the beach ought at'least to have a decent footpath for women and young children. Then tlie tjck". I lobby at the railway station is very unsightly. All the notices aiid posters the board are torn aiid dirty and bad.v need cleaning right off, say once eat!! quarte.. ' Then take the beauli, lookuig seaward with your back to the shore one sees everything that Nature controls -is hi perfect order, but turn round, and'you are confronted with tumble down wire fences, ugly bath sheds; m fact everything controlled, by man is vile, . ': In our main street the women have » bad time as the high kerbihg and cr0.8.---mgs are decidedly awkward, • both iv.r hobble skirts and go-carts and prams The old culvert by the Union Bank In.** bee.*i taken up and as the kerb is _5 niches high it is no joke for a woman with a toddler to look after and a prahi to get off the road on to the footpath anywhere between Hannah's corner ard tho Post Office. There are two nice duck ponds m town now, one at Hannah's corner, and a]sp at Williams and Kettle's.— I am, etc SUFFERINGYETTE. '