On behalf of the residents of the lower, or Ohinemuri, township, and more especially of the very large number who have taken up allotments, and built thereon, in the eastern portion of the township, we must strongly pro test against the action of the County Council in bringing the main sewer right past their houses into what is known as the Puke drain. The main out-fall which is now being made will let off all the water which has been so troublesome hitherto between the Roman Catholic Chapel and the Bank of New Zealand, and all the horrible filth which accumulates in the upper township from the discharge oJ: hotels, &c, will be brought down by Wosleyan Chapel corner through large drain pipes laid along tho Thames road, thonco into the drain in Earl's paddock, and then allowed to flow at its sweet (?) pleasure through tho large open drain past at least a score of houses, at times overflowing its banks, polluting the whole atmosphere and spreading disease broadcast. Wore there a water supply, whereby the drain could be periodically flushed this intolerable nuisance and the im minent danger to the health and livos of the residents of tho lower township might possibly bo diminished, but in the absence of such, we strongly pro test against the carrying out of the scheme. It is a monstrous act of in justice to make the lower township the damping ground of all the a¥)niinable filth of the upper township, and we hope that immediate steps will be taken to prevent it. The drain must, wo presume, bo made in this direction, but what should be done is to have pipes laid down the "whole way, and not to havo an open drain. "We shall be, doubtless, told that the County Council cannot afford it, but we • hold that the lives of the residents must not be sacrificed for a matter of expense. If in no other way, a loan could be ob tained from the Government under the " Loans to Local Bodies-Act/ and we feel certain that were a poll taken for a loan sufficient for both a drainage and woter supply schem°, it would be carried by a large majority. 