THE WAIL OF A "COMMON" RATEPAYER.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 86, 9 October 1893, Page 2

THE WAIL OF A "COMMON" RATEPAYER.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE STAR. Sir, —ls there one law for Mayor and Councillors, and another for common ratepayers ? Listen, oh ye ratepayers. Some time since, our Mayor issued an order that our Nuisance Inspector inspect the back yards and get them made clean, for he was determined to stop the prevailing epidemic, and there was fear and tretnbing in the hearts of the owners of those back yards, and a cry arose, " Where shall we pnt those cleanings." Then a certain person " boigh and moighty " in Feilding, said " I shall teach those poor people. I shall show them how to dißpose of it," and he caused his backyard to be cleaned out, and he dumped "it " down in front of a " common ratepayer's " door, and there was wailing and gnashing of teeth in the house of the " common ratepayer;" and immediately this person," hoigh and moighty," had to attend a meeting of the medical men, who were to give their opinions how to stop the prevailing epidemic, and the chagrin of this person innst have been immense when he heard that the utmost cleanliness should prevail, and he thought thusiy : " Woe is me that I haye led these people astray." Then a wail arose from the " common ratepayer," and a complaint was lodged against this person " hoigh and moighty." Six weeks after our Nuisance Inspector reported that it certainly was the cleanings of a backyard, but it was not obnoxious, and in this opinion the Council (being bereft of common sense) concurred. Bear in mind, ye ratepayers, the cleanings of backyards are not obnoxious, and ye can dump them down in front of a " common ratepayer' 6" door. This being the law, I suppose I can dump mine down at the front door of a person " hoigh and moighty." I now ask the Council, or councillors, to explain how it is that one person is let off for this and another one is threatened with the pains and penalties of the law for throwing a bucket of water on the road. I am, etc., Faibfield Thompson. Feilding, October 7th, 1803.