CLEANING UP THE TOWN

Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14801, 15 November 1921, Page 5

CLEANING UP THE TOWN

HOUSEHOLDERS SHOULD ASSIST.

COUNCIL CONGRATULATED

The inauguration of the regular system of rubbish removal in Hamilton was one of the matters mentioned at last night’s meeting of the local Chamber of Commerce by- Mr T, Ladd, who detailed the advantages- of the service, which, he said, started that morning. Claudelands was the first district tackled, but already the rubbish contractors had experienced difficulty with some of the householders, who, in several instances, drove them off the place. The fee charged for removal was very nominal, but ( it required the co-operation of the ratepayers themselves if (lie town was to be kept clean. Members of the Chamber would be surprised and astounded at the disgraceful stale of some Hamilton backyards, which were so bad, in fact, that men who had, in days past, gone to collect rubbish, had been made positively ill. He thought the Chamber should assist the contractors by giving the matter a little publicity. Mr Whyte asked what the sanitary inspectors were doing. There should be no dirty yards at all if they did their work. ' Mr J. Hodd said the weakness of the scheme was that householders were required to place their tins outside their gates. Personally lie would not put a tin out. He thought the collectors should, carry out the tins. Cr. J. Gilbert detailed trie efforts of the Council to try and keep the town clean, and said that arrangements had been made for the erection of a destructor, but the contractor had been unable to carry (his work through. The Council was now prepared, where there were accumulations of rubbish, to send covered carls round to remove it, if notified, in order to give th’c contractors a fair start. A big effort was now being made to clean up the town, and every householder and business man should assist. He was surprised to hear Mr Hodd state that he would not carry out his tin. There would be a by-law to force him lo do so. The Chamber congratulated the Council on the progressive step it had taken in inaugurating the service.