TO THE EDITOR OF THE LTTTF.LTON TIMES. Sib. —It is my mhfortune to be obliged occasionally of an evening to have to walk up the Ferry Koad to Christchurch, and on several oceasiona lately mv olfactory nerves, as well ai those of my friends who havo ao

eompanied m*,TKVe fieen offended to inch an extent by- eflnvium given' off by the liquid .pawing down the drain, or more properly the juntos i|wer of Christ church, that I have, reached tbe city in a state totally unfit for any business whatever, and really alarmed as to whether f an# going to be attacked with English cholera or not. Surely Sir, something should be done, and that speedily, with this glaring nuisance. It ap pears to me that the residents of Christchurch must suffer nearly as much as those who live on the Ferry Road, for the north-east winds prevail at this time of the year, and waft back the disgusting malaria at all times rising from this open sewer. A great deal hat been said about it, both by the City Council and the Heatbcote Road Board, and still nothing is done, except that daily the nuis ance grows worse. The Council do nothing. Has it ever been suggested to the Heathcpte Rond Board that they have the remedy in their own hands, and that by carting twenty or thirty loads of clay into this drain at the East town belt, they would stop wp the drain and compel tbe City Council to provide a proper outlet for the sewerage ot the city, and not poison the ratepayers ef'this district. lam credibly informed that, to save some fifty shillings per annum for emptying soil pans, many people— and the number is constantly on the increase —have the artesian water so laid on that it waahes away all the solid, as well as fluid offensive matter of their households. His Worship the Mavor, and at least one of the City Councillors, live on this road, and must have experienced the disgusting nuisance above complained of, and will, if they are not too much wrapped up with their city appoint ments, take a lively interest, and assist, if asked, in finding a remedy. 