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Timaru Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 4255, 4 June 1888, Page 3

UNTIDY MELBOUBNE. * Wo have heard of magnificent Melbourne and of nasty Melbourne. We ore conscious that our lot just now is cast m a splendidly prosperous and progressive Melbourne, but yet, walking about with open oyes, we cannot fail to discover many deficiencies, and things which are but ought not to be. One amongst these is a frequent habit and condition of untidiness. It is m city and m suburb ; at St. Kilda and at Boyal Park ; by the sea and by tho mountains ; wherever there are opportunities of litter and waste, or lapses m a common order which give opportunities for undesirable accumulations. St. Kilda on one of theso recent sunny.showery mornings, should m any of its general aspects be surpassing fair. How pleasant wa3 it anywhere along the esplanade then, but for the ever present symptoms of untidiness. The road is fairly good, the footpath also ; hut look at that grassy fringe between the footpath and the grassy drive. It is rapidly becoming overgrown with gorse and ti-tree. It iB strewn with broad pieces and scraps of paper, with old bottles and tins. They havo boon left there for months ; they seem never, m fact, to bo removed. Heally they have no more business thero than on a private garden, lawn or v drawingroom carpot. They are the simplo result of an untidy habit which characterises Melbourne. It is not that the cost of removing them is hard to bo borne ; tho cost added on to the expenditure of any borough would make no material difference to the rateß. Thero is more wasted m every year m every suburb m what may be termed own-hall extravagances. Look at that vacant lot leading down to tho swamp. One man has pitched a load of stable manure there ; another a bundle of old clothes. There are a dozen old boots and as many battered kerosene tinß, with a fair dray-load of miscellaneous rubbish. A mob of boys come up through it who would seem themselves to be the natural offspring of untidy habit, dirty, but not illclad, only untidily clad. The ways and the conditions of the place have bred habits m them which would never havo grown m a tidy city or suburb. They kick the pots and pans and old clothes about, and po hop, skip and jump through the mud nine inches deep, and away up into the park, and there there is v good deal of this litter which a little or a very little caro and expenditure would remedy. Chiefly it ia m the collection of refuse, and the maintenance, wherever vacant ground is found and good gardening impracticable, of an even solo of (grass. Nature, it may bo observed, is never untidy. The forest of a thousand years is as tidy a placo as the central block of our Botanic gardens. There has been constant decay of course ; but all its results are buried. And what so tidy, it may be asked, as tho ocean beaches till cities begin their pollution. We cannot talk of untidiness m connection with that " Vale of Binnom " which lies away to tho left there. It is a scene of disorder when not one of nastinesß, but m and about the " tip " sights and smells may be found, or rather they find tho paiser-by, which would be scandalous m Constantinople. And they are largely the result of untidiness. Tho general deplorable untidiness of the whole locality, indeed, makes opportunity for tho coneaalment of dangerous nuisances. Then, as to tho city. Wo have a full foul of the dustman, tho contractor, at times. Ho seems to bo tho functionary on whom the maintenance of tidiness chiefly depends, but really ho is not. Walk round about the back premises of half the mercantile establishments of Melbourne, and see if thero is any effort made to keep up a fairly averago tidy condition. Certain departments must be absolute, of course, m their order, neatness and tidiness, but it is not a general rule. Tho remedy lies m habit acquired and inculated. And it is a part of good citizenship to bo watchful that this habit grows. Thero should bo more of it taught m schools, and, as all our parks, gardens, streets, and reserves are m a certain way schools, those m charge should be careful that good lessons are given thero. For, considering our opulent and prosperous circumstances, and tho example of the whole world, almost, which has been before us, we arc not doing quito as much as wo ought. Many of these reserves of ours are rather like ragged cloaks with frequent greaso spota than garments which should be very well kept, bocause very now and of singularly good material. And of general conditions (leaving out tips and other abominations, which must shortly go), a critical visitor had something to say of lato ." — " You know that most great cities have distinguishing characteristics, and, with 3 full appreciation of all that you havo had to do and tho little time allowed jou, I could not, with truth, say that yours would be cleanliness or tidiness, or the maintenance of order m small things." — Argus,

Sheep Farming. — Wool is undoubtedly the moat important production of New Zealand, its valuo m oipcrt approaching nearly treble that of gold. Formerly tho pursuit was attended with a certain amount of risk, and tho great distance from the station that a doctor could ho found, necessarily increased the danger when illness occurrod, Tho introduction of Freeman's Original Chlorodyne has dispelled thia alarm, as the sheep farmeis know this invaluable medicine to be a compendous modicino chest m itself, and a Bpecific for all the diseases incidental to their following. Ineiet upon having "' Freeman'B " only. Trade Mark an Elephant.— Sold everywhere. Obtainable from all obemista and storekeepers. — [Advt.] What tho Doctors Bay ! — Do not uso cocoa which thickens m tho cup and makes an indigestible soup, but try Cadbury'a cocoa essonce, absolutely pure. — [Advt.J " Bough on Catarrh " oureß offensive odors at onoe. Oompleto ouro of worst chronic casos ; also uncquallod as gargle for dipththoria, eoro throat, foul breath. "Bough on Piles."— Why Buffor Piles? Immediate roliof and eompleto cure guaranteod. Ask for " Bough on Piles." Surecuro for itohing, protruding, bleeding, or any form of Piles.— t"ADTT (4) A Wonderful Food nnd Medicine known and used by Physicians all over the world. " Scott's Eruulsion " not only gives (lesh and strength by virtuo of its own nutritious properties, but creates an appetito for food thnt builds up tho wasted body. Bend the following : — " Scott'a Emulsion "is m my opinion an excellent and valuablo compound. I have given it to consumptive patients, and have been delighted with tho results obtained. It is pleasant to tho taste, and can bo borno by tho most sensitive stomach. B. A. Bodway, M.D., ButterKnowle, Darlington, Kng. Largo and small bottles at all chemists, 4s 6d nnd 2s 6(1. — [Advt.]

For remainder of Newt set Fourth Pagt. Auctioneers, Gracie, Maclean, and Adam. XTT ASHDYKE YABDS. TIIDESDAY 7th JUNE. 500 4-toollicd Crossbred Wethers (a good lot) 100 Crosabrcd Ewes m lamb 20 Hond Storo Cattle, forwnrd condition. GRAOIE, MACLEAN k ADAM. FRIDAY, Bth JUNE. At 12 o'clock Bharji. MESSHS GRACIE, MACLEAN & ADAM havo roeoived instructions from tho holder of tlio Bill of Sale, to Sell by Public Auction, on Hie premises of Mr Arch. Fnuor, rurriugo builder, Main North Road, on the übovc dato, Cnrringo, Buggies, Ciu'lb, Carriago Lumps and Mountings, and a largo lot of Sundries. Full pint iculiivs m future uilvertisoment. QKACIii, MACLEAN & ADAM, Auctioneer!,