THE WATER TROUBLE AND THE FUTURE.
— i (To the Editor). j Sir,—l notice that some anonymous j scribe is howling about pure water, j This is the sort of thing that one most expect when fads are carried 10 an extreme. Your Prohibitionist will yet become as particular about his water as the toughest Scotchman, who ever loved a glass, is about the quality of the usquebaugh he drinks. The town water supply, as everyone knows who takes the trouble to inquire, is perfectly wholesome. At present it has a slightly "earthy" taste, and this fact is sufficient (in the mind of the individual referred to), to justify him in casting aspersions upon capable and respectable men, who cheerfully make sacrifices for the public weal. The water question will evidently become a very serious trouble in No-license districts. Some of the water will, I suppose, have to be bottled and kept for twenty years before it is worth imbibing.—l am, etc., RATIONAL.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9663, 30 November 1909, Page 5
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162THE WATER TROUBLE AND THE FUTURE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9663, 30 November 1909, Page 5
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