NIGHT-SOIL SERVICE.
(To the Editor.! Sir, —i would like to know if . many other citizens of this town stood afr aghast as I did to-night at five minutes past eight when, in the solemn and reverent moments of worship in the churches, the quietness was suddenly broken in upon by the thunderous and irreverent thunder of the "night-cart” ? Is not there a by-law to prevent, .this thing emerging before a redate hour, or would it be allowed to parade past the school grounds about the middle of the day ? If there is a by-law why should it not be enforced ? The thing is disgraceful and indecent, and should be put a s,top to.. Many times before have I had the misfortune to meet this pestilence on the roads at a fairly earlyhour, but never has its performance called for such a vehement protest. People in the church were horrified, and I am certain that I am not alone in calling for a cessation of a public dis'urbance. May the day speed when th? cumbersome humbug shall be miles away, decaying on a scrap-heap. Tn t,he meantime let it hide itself from the angry gaze «>f the public until a respectable hour. ANTI. Paeroa, September 15.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4602, 17 September 1923, Page 2
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205NIGHT-SOIL SERVICE. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4602, 17 September 1923, Page 2
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