[?]rseding the
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[?]T For Honiara
[?]rseding the Al Fresco Method
OUGH its advent is unlikely touch off the passions ashed by a similar edifice chmerle” and its opening to be attended by Civic as in that novel, Mendana > almost completed Public r will undoubtedly prove nerally acceptable to towns- Honiara, BSIP. ;an life a few, weeks ago anidentified concrete brick ? about 50 yards from Point atre and there were various as to its eventual function: Port Authority’s little huts; traffic control post, were ideas until the building resented a blank wall inset vres high above road level, it time we knew: Honiara ave its first public lavatory, oubt there are statistics i in some obscure corner detail the incidence of lavatories per head of hi in the world’s capitals, here are, Honiara, with its population of several Is, and its one incomplete ivatory, must be very near am of the list, tion seems to have received gly little official attention rotectorate, with the result [oniara contains some breeding grounds for a ;s epidemic.
Cruz, for example, has become a vast open air fly-ridden and foul. Most rvants’ quarters adjacent to i dwellings in Honiara are dded with toilet facilities, bush and shore must be ir traveller to the BSIP oilet facilities behind at even Honiara offers nothing airport hut. Honiara’s with a seating capacity of mndreds, has no toilet in ,t. sly the major problem is sanitation to the larger opulation. We hear a lot bal tambus against the use its, but certain native ties out of Honiara seem to fairly rigid system of control, which includes an sewage disposal and the of natives in other Pacific s seem to have been illy overcome. enefits of medical science g effectively demonstrated native population in the yaws campaign. Why not lly vigorous campaign to me the necessity for basic ; time there was a native
latrine in Honiara, but this was closed because it was abused Although it may be a long, and often frustrating task, it would surely be better from a public health standpoint to persevere, with a strong programme of teaching people the benefits of good sanitation rather than let one or two setbacks write finish to the scheme—Honiara Correspondent.
Ii Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Lahmert and family arrived in Nukualofa from Dunedin, NZ, recently. Mr. Lahmert is to be officer in charge of the Criminal Investigation Department in Tonga.