MASTERTON WATER.
It:'was Scott, or some, other historic individual, who -described the plight of a shipwrecked mariner, with "water, water everywhere—and not a drop to drink." 'lhe lines are true to-day, iiis ever, they were, and they have, a*.special application to Masterton .jupt now. Here we have an abundance of 'water, but not a drop to drink. ■ A' shower of rain fell yesterday, and the water,froin the local reservoir assumed tlie consistency of sour milk. -..1 V) hrivo a bath. in it would involve a . risk of contaamna-. tion. To drink-it miglht mean anything. And so people left it severely alone and offered prayers for the ■Boron pjh Council, and everybody ' in j general. 'There must 'be something wrong with the works when a fresh in the river renders the water supplyutterly unlit for domestic use. There 1 is room f'oi' investigation. i
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10604, 10 April 1912, Page 4
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143MASTERTON WATER. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10604, 10 April 1912, Page 4
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