KEEP THE CITY CLEAN

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 36, 14 February 1929, Page 8

KEEP THE CITY CLEAN

CAMPAIGN IN.SYDNEY.

NOT BEFORE' WAN (FED

“Excuse me, did you drop this?” A clammy hand was Laid on a. blithe citizen's shbuldcr, , and he looked round at his interrogator, who held up to view a defunct match. “Why or. ves, certainly, I have just lit a cigarette. Want a. matcu '■ ’ “No, But 1 would like your name and address. I am an inspector for the ‘keep the city clean campaign, instituted by the civic commissioners.” Citizen after citizen ju Sydney has (the correspondent of the Age says) been, stopped in the same, way some for not placing their tram, tickets in the glorified collanders erected on the street corners, or for expectorating on the footpath instead of going to the kerb stone.. One worthy shopkeeper was caught in the act ol throwing a bucket of dirty water on'the loot-path. Another man dropped a pocket book containing an overdraft, hut he has not been seen or heard of it since, and an inquiry among the inspectors has revealed that there wdf not bo any prosecution for leaving such rubbish about.

Th© campaign lias not started' ft moment too soon, for Sydney is gradn ally drifting into a. condition of untidiness which would justify the city authorities instituting proceedings against themselves. Dust, filth, and sand, penetrates ever the most elaborate suites of offices, and those who deal in fine fabrics are considering a method) whereby they can he insured against loss. Moreover, the same lackadaisical regard for the comfort and cleanliness of the /citizens is shown by cleaners in offices. A lady of refinement had a jiress destroyed whe she was douched with a bucket of dirty water emptied from the window of the fifth storey of an impressive building in Pitt Street.