THE HAMILTON PUNT,
Sin, — On a recent occasion Mr Potter is reported 1o havo publicly stated that the publij forry is in .1 perfectly rotten st-tte, aud that there is no telling the moment when it may break down and Ibe two disiricts be loft with >nt communication ncrosa the river. This Undoubtedly would be n liveat public inconvenience as long as it lasted, but it suggest 9 another and tv very unpleasant idea : what if the pm.t break down while crossing with a full load of pnSeengerd — men, women and children, and a dray or cattle? What would be the consequence if it biole adrift or founder d under such circumstances as the Cambridge jnu t lutelj did, when happi|y no life was endangeied ? If things are really come to this pass it is the duty of the authorities not to wait till the punt, breaks down, but to take meaauies to prevent it doing so, and avert nil possibility cf such a o-itui-Lroplie as I have alluded to.— l am, &c, Wayfarer. Hamilton E<isfc, Afay 29.
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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 628, 30 May 1876, Page 3
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178THE HAMILTON PUNT, Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 628, 30 May 1876, Page 3
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