THE TOWN CLOCK.

Temuka Leader, Issue 360, 8 March 1881, Page 2

THE TOWN CLOCK.

THE EDITOR. Sib, —Oh, hoVrjleased was I when I saw in your pnperlast week that we are •".. now certain or « clock f»r the town. So . ;i overjoyed was I Wins, diately on hearing the ?--M.iMary (Mary is a fellow servant) all about it. I wish you could have seen Mary's -a face when I told her. Oh, my, such a face. lam quite sure if you gavo her five pounds she would not be more thankful. Mary said: "No more putting the clock on overnight for the pose of robbing us of an half-hour's sleep in the morning." "Them's my sentiments," says I. Oh, won't it be delightful to lay in bed in the morning and listen for the signal (by the big clock, of course) to get up, and not, aa is often

the case now, obliged to get up an hour earlier than necessary.—l ain, ete., , SUSIE. THE CATTLE "NUISANCE. TO THE EDITOR. Sib,- For some time past the straying - f cattle in\our streets has ; ■■•'become an in- - tolerable' njiisance, and it is certainly Pb~tHljikeep?r looked after his duties'a little more tiian v -he--4ijs been in the habit of doing. If they; are of so onerous a character, cannot the police assist him ? It is a wonder to -me that the members of the Temuka Road Board have not spurred their officer into a little more activity. • Hoping, Sir, that these few remarks.will accomplish ers long the desired effect.—l am, etc., PBD. ■