THE CARGILL MONUMENT.
To the Editor. time ago L wrote yea with reference to the disgraceful condition in which the authorities allowed the Cargill Monument and fountain to be in.' For a few weeks afterward it was improved by an occasional brushing down and cleaning, but has been permitted tor get in an bad a statf as ever again. The drain for the'ovhrfloW of water is stopped up, and in consequence a quantity of water is running over the front of the basin and down into the road, causing a great nuisance, as well as destroying the beauty and utility of the fountain. I think it is time it was appointed the duty of someone or other in the Corporation employ, daily or weekly, at least, to clean and brush down so conspicuous and worthy an ornament to the am, * • Good Templar. Dunedin, July 4. •> ’ n
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Evening Star, Issue 3546, 4 July 1874, Page 2
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146THE CARGILL MONUMENT. Evening Star, Issue 3546, 4 July 1874, Page 2
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