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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16570, 1 November 1921, Page 7

The Woolsfcon Borough Council at its meeting last night decided to write to the teachers of the schools in the borongh regarding the breaking of street lamps by children and the consequent danger, which might, prove fatal, through the breaking of live wires, A general meeting in connection with the art uiiTon and fete which is being held for the purpose of providing funds lor the memorial "ates at the Waltham, Opawa and St Martins Park was held last evening. Mr Harvey outlined the work being done by tfi6 various committees. Many donations have been received. The Medical Officer of Health, in a letter to the *City Council last night, stated that he had inspected a number of localities in St Albans, and found that the subsoid water was everywhere evident upon the sections and sometimes under the houses. He directed the council to rigidly enforce By-law 21 before any block of laud was cut up for building sections. In those areas where it was difficult to get sufficient fall to the Btreet channels the council should arrange with the Drainage Board to see if it could institute sub-soil drainage lending to a collecting tank with a small electrical pump. The Sanitary Gommittoe reported that Mr H. H. Holland had waited on it in reference to the proposal to provide for the draining of certain low-lying portions of the city. The matter was referred to the Sanitary Committee to consider in conjunction with five petitions on the subject received from ratepayers in different areas.