The Smoke Nuisance.

Progress, Volume II, Issue 7, 1 May 1907, Page 267

The Smoke Nuisance.

A controversy appears to be going on in every town of Great Britain for the suppression of the smoke nuisance on account of the extraordinary damage it does to the city architecture. In many instances the controversy has been followed by drastic municipal action and the disappearance of the nuisance, to the manifest advantage of the architecture. This, in spite of the known and much commented fact that the makers of smoke in some cases were the controllers of the municipal council. A little of this wholesome spirit in the practice of the chief centres at all events, would do a great deal of good. In Wellington, for example, the defacement of public buildings, notable examples being the Town Hall and the Hill Street Basilica, is the remark of every visitor. There are many beautiful examples of building with the fine white stone of Oamaru, and these are disfigured in some instances almost beyond recognition.