WHAT A MASTERTON CITIZEN SAYS!
-•'^TO^HE-ED1101t.:...-■•••,,..••••••' Sir,—Thig ; Jß. a a -pice .town,., but the worthy burghers'' vegeta'irig here" can; carry,,os.tbje place in creation- for want of. energy and for.' #neral i:: Bleepinesß. Sopviiig .■Ma'stertpn'. can beat Sleepy m&ipid, baokboheless; mouldy, graveyard of a place it.wenld i be r impossible to., find... .Just look at its past History, it has not ] enough farmei'a'tp- form a- Fairs''Olab,not, quite I succeeded in up its Society, and material to fceop a Borough Cricket Club, only just enough 'spirit so get into debt in a half-hearted way in. theattempt to makca'"bungleoTtheWbolldh'sfodt<iry; r [fi'i deficient iii wind to start a Gascon)pauy, barely able to keep one eye open to the possibility of. electric, light,,almost anxious to see thd new loatt:raised".and, spent, and the Wellingtbn-Manawatu • railway carry the trade »way for fear of our expenditure of money in this, district,'' not enough energy to run a loan/and too lazy to ao through the Bankruptcy. Court, Now look at Greytown, going in for factories and street lighting, and Palmers- • ton 1 going for street righting and .loans for.-. improvements, wtiUst.wephly possess hue' solitary, wretohed,''w6ebegon6.\ farthing: dip of a Borough lamp, struggling to hide iiaelf behind a telegraph post for very shame. Too inipfioimioirs to'sustain the •life of a Dramatic Club, a Christy 'Minstrels, or arChoral Society.. .No wonder, there is need for a coroner here. "'■ ■■-■Youta, to. ,■•;•.! P.S.—Can you lend me the amount of 1 the railway fare to-Grey town. ■ ...,„.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1124, 13 July 1882, Page 2
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242WHAT A MASTERTON CITIZEN SAYS! Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1124, 13 July 1882, Page 2
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