MUD OH!
8b the Editor, Sib,—The late Lord Palmerston described dirl'as something in the wrong place, Hadthe noble Lord ever visited thtk part of New Zealand he would probably have substituted Dunedin for “ wrong place ” and one of the resi dents of] the) Emerald lisle may take credit for proving what “ mud ” is, as witness the followmg newspaper paragraph from the * Despatch ’ of April 11 j—“On Thursday, at the Dublin Police Court, the Lord Mayor and members of the Corporation were committed for trial to the Commission on a summons brought against them by Mr Gerrard, law-stationer, for allowing mud to remain on the streets. Mr Gerrard had been summoned by the police for net sweeping the footpath opposite to his premises. He pleaded he could not keep the footpath clean owing to mud being allowed to accumulate on the road. He was fined LI, and then he proceeded against the Corporation, with the result mentioned.” Mayors and members of Corporations will please accept this intimation, for there's nothing like precedent in law.—l am, &c., Mdck-Shiftes. Dunedin, July 2.
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Evening Star, Issue 3857, 5 July 1875, Page 3
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179MUD OH! Evening Star, Issue 3857, 5 July 1875, Page 3
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