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of the Sanitary Board, it would surely be sufficient if notices were posted above the wells that have been re-opened warning the people that the water was polluted and that it was unfit for potable purposes. Then the native community could use their own discretion and, in many instances, instead of trudging many weary miles for water to be utilised for washing purposes, go to those wells and get all that was needful.
"The man who to-day toils with the pots and pans along the streets and the bypaths of the upper levels in the hope that he will still find his load of water, has essayed a task which, under existing conditions, is becoming even more hopeless and heartbreaking as the days pass. That we have such a supply hard by must be looked upon as providential, for had we been entirely isolated from water on the mainland, Hongkong would undoubtedly have been stranded on the verge of calamity instead of being fairly safe for some time to come if the water is brought
BOTTLERS.
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"It is to be hoped that history will not repeat itself, nor the Government fall back into that apathy which has been emphasised to such an extent by the incidents of the present drought.
It may be a blessing in disguise, and though everyone could have done without it, it behoves those in authority to strive to improve matters and guard against a second visitation with its accompanying loss of health and wealth.
But, alas! history did repeat itself, just twenty-seven years later.
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of the Sanitary Board, it would surely be sufficient if notices. were posted above the wells that have been re-opened warning the people in osse the water was polluted that it was unfit for potable purposes. Then the native community could use the ir own discretion and, in many instances instead of trudging many weary miles for water to be utilised for washing purposes, go to those wells and get all that was needful.
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"The man who to-day toils with the pots and pens along the streets and the bypaths of the upper levels in the hope that he will still find his load of water, has essayed a task which, under existing conditions, is becoming even more hopeless and heart breaking as the days pass. That we have such a supply hard by must be looked upon sa providential, for had we been entirely isolated from water on the mainland, Hongkong would undoubtedly have been stranded on the verge of calamity instead of being fairly safe for some time to come if the water is brought
BOTOSS.
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"It is to be hoped that history will not repest itself, nor the Government fall back into that apathy which has been emphasised to such an extent by the incidents of the present drought.
It may
be a blessing in disguise, and though everyone could have done without it, it behoves those in authority to strive to improve y matters and guard against a second visitation with its accompanying loss of health and wealth.
But, alas! history did repeat itself, just twenty-seven
years later.
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