GOING TO THE DOGS.
A.. Napier. jbunu&.'haJi apparently lost patience with its harbor authorities and says : — A more scandalous appearance than that presented; at j£he bre^Stwork/! $£ the Spit cquld scarcely have <>een equalled at dny port in New Zealand. Pitch dark, 'and raining'heivwiiVy {hw outward passengers by the Manapouri aligltel fiom ; jthe^r cabs to find themselves standing in mud and water. hfeir luggage was flopped into slush, and th pr# ~wa* uot an atom of cover to ; be obtained. Some of the intending posseng^rs had perishable goods, some had even mattresses and bedding, but all alike bad to suffer d&mage. Qur harbor^ iß.^bo^renojfg^ k|iows,^,bul «"ihy^thin§s ifehouM be made worse by careless neglect of public convpni^nce can only be guessed. Nero fiddling while Roue was burning is the best simil« to be offered of the inaction of the Board while the port is going to the dogs.
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Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 12, 26 July 1882, Page 3
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146GOING TO THE DOGS. Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 12, 26 July 1882, Page 3
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