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THERE A REMEDY ?I

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THERE A REMEDY ? yst condmon of things at Aber- ^sat 1S in many directions most tJ.. CttIsf actory owing to the attitude of ^■\y C^Ce *n reference to breaches of the to e'nf refusal °f the Town Council <I..lld forc the bye-laws of the borough, t'On -E Vews taken by certain Corpora- ^cials as to the discharge of their ^Ss s* Things have come to such a 0rUy bearable life in the town is to P°ssible to those who are known strong enough and determined to have their own way. The r s come, or almost come, when and file of the inhabitants will Oiit Lto mjike some effective protest, Qav that protest will have to be to do not know, as nobody seems re how public affairs are mis- Many tradesmen, instead of tCtln§" their business in their shops, peal<fn possession of the footpaths ,tl Or^°^'e have to go into the roadways Vt Gr ,to escape annoyance of the %]er Seri°us kinds. The footpath are increasing in number and ^So;!Veness» and the town officials for ^hate^S tmknown do not take any steps f p1"t0 a stoP to the nuisance. °01ecj ^orporation have so utterly be- t^^hemselves that they really can- K °rth acti°n- The out-door stable in a arade reeks with filth and would J* lst?race to any dirty little village ll COyntry. What the Corporation t<l.so 0 in North Parade other people ahly conclude they can do in any ^Vfe^rt t^ie town, and they do it. t are obstructions of all sorts. t^tly /i1.3'8 are conveniently and persis- f hnd. To complete the obstruc- there is the blocking of the arade with chairs. The Town oh- 1S Fesponsible for this unsightly f>Se^ec^0nahle departure from com- jSe- How can the average rate- ■P^kir,^6 expected to refrain from th t^e f°otPaths and roadways ^§Tio ^°rPorati°n with a stupidity th ^iot*'1006 which would qualify for *lCr0vi £ lif as-vlum block the main ar<? °f the town and make it th 6 ^°r visitors to walk up and 5 Parade. This is a state of \Vk^te(j • at every inhabitant is in- ca^\ See^n8" Put an end to, but e of done we do not know in t^*e ^act that the elected Qff at^Ves of the ratepayers are •^MerseS the deliberate and wilful fl-¡ rs. H e e- ^trlch arf?t truck advertisements are ?Sed slowly through the t ° ^aring an offence that wre ^O^tiQ^ ts ashamed to have to call ^Ust° ^em- This evil is growing to jt ^■r°'vv, for like some other ^0 esOj*t °,rces others in self-defence °tlier 0 it. What one trader can raders, however reluctant, tr^rt.er. Tu their business alto- V^ivlrig", V7, • .there is the truck Nr^ts b'ut 10 Cari"ied on in the Tl lnaln'y on the Marine Either rGre are certain people who ates nor taxes and they are on the streets from morning till night depriving the average honest tradesmen of business which ought to be theirs. Perhaps the most notorious and most objectionable defiance of the law is a local case of begging which is allowed by the police and other authorities while strangers who beg are brought before the magistrates and are punished. We do not know how to describe this sort of thing in language that wTould be tolerated by the people. Nothing more scandalous was ever allowed in what professes to be a civilised community. When one per- son can break the law which other persons are compelled to observe there is an end to justice, equity, and right action. The way the streets are allowed to fall out of repair the growth of the filthy habit of sweeping shop refuse into the gutters the continuation of the dangerous practice of official dry- sweeping and the prevalence of all sorts of defects and nuisances show that there is no sort of authoritv or control and make clear the fact "that the town has to depend for success on its great natural advantages. We are aware that an extra official-a sort of overlooker or superintendent—has been appointed, but we do not expect much improvement from his advent. If he is wise, lie will soon see that wrong exists in many departments of public administration with which he has nothing whatever to do. Suppose, for instance, that one or more cock-a-hoop officials neglects his duties—a quite possible state of things-the new over- seer will not have a right to interfere with him, any more than he would have a right to remove the out-door stable from North-parade, or the obstructions from the Marine Parade, or to give the BOROUGH SURVEYOR, or MEDICAL OFFICER, or TOWN CLERK, or BOROUGH ACCOUNTANT, or SANITARY INSPECTOR, or CHIEF CONSTABLE in- structions how to discharge his duties. Suppose, for instance, the new overseer discovers that Corporation rents are greatly in arrear it will not be his duty to intervene. Again, suppose he finds all sorts of rubbish swept from shops into the street gutters he will not find it easy to put a stop to the evil he will have nothing to do with it. The new overseer cannot stop begging, or truck trading, or truck advertising, or footpath obstructing and molesting. Already there are officials who should see to these things and others, such as awning irons. I There is gross and glaring neglect in many municipal departments. The Council and the police are mainly to blame. Each department has officials who do not act because, we suppose, they understand that they are not expected to act, just as the police do not act in the notorious begging case. When the new overseer enters upon his duties he will not be long in discovering that it is very dangerous to be active or keen-sighted. As far as we can see there will be no improvement worth mentioning until the ratepayers themselves take public action in their own interests. There are more ways than one in which the ratepayers could act, but we are not now going to suggest courses of action. If the ratepayers are satisfied with the present policy of muddle and inaction, we are prepared to wait until the con- fusion ripens into disaster. People are not going to come to a town that is not kept up to the mark in cleanliness, tidi- ness, and comfort. After all, the welfare of the town is of no more con- sequence to us than to the sixteen members of the Council and to the other ratepayers. What they can tolerate we will trv to bear with as much patience and as little contempt as possible.

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