A CLEAN-UP WEEK.

Waipa Post, Volume 41, Issue 3187, 12 August 1930, Page 5

A CLEAN-UP WEEK.

Sir, —It should be a matter for civic congratulation that the local Beautifying Society has been revived and is , preparing plans for the improvement - of the borough. There are more opportunities than one of doing effective work. It is not only by the number . of pretty places or by the number of trees planted that the pride of the people in the town can be estimated, but also by the absence of untidy places that spoil its appearance. Here a combined effort on the part of our Borough Council and the citizens in their private capacity can do, and I am going to predict, will do much to back the efforts of the society. If one takes a walk to the back of the Town Hall or past the dump in Mahoe Street, or looks into some of the vacant sections in the business part of the town one can see that there is work to be done. Along some of the roadsides gorse and blackberry are plentifully in evidence. Te Awamutu is a fine country town, with surfaced streets and footpaths,, good water and sanitation, well lit and well served, capable of improvement certainly, and it will be improved, but needing improvement on the lines indicated—not expensive lines either—no loans will be needed. Would it be too much to suggest that the Borough Council institute a “clean-up week,” and lead the way, so showing a very practical appreciation of the possibilities and value of the Beautifying Society, and a real backing of its efforts. Citizens interested, and V I take it that, at heart, all citizens are interested in their town, by joining the society as membefs, and assisting by cleaning their frontages, trimming their hedges and destroying rubbish, will hearten the committee in its work.—l am, etc., MAHOE.