REGISTRY OFFICE AT CAMBRIDGE.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 931, 11 June 1878, Page 2

REGISTRY OFFICE AT CAMBRIDGE.

Sir,— Being but a poor " son of tlie soil," and not knowing my way about, I beg- to ask a little of your^ help, heaving that von are always willing to help' a poor man out of the mud. I think it is high time wo' had a registry office of births, deaths, and mariiagos at Cambridge. I need riot mention the population, as that is well known ; although large, it would soon be very much larger if we had a registry, as we can boast of having more single men and more of the fair ones, too^ than any other town of its size. The chief' cause? of this is not being able to get certificates without going to Hamilton. I will now let you know how it affects us poor married men. Faith, ti's the truth I'm telling— l wanted to go and register the baby, and my wife said slxe know I should get on the spree, and forget whether it was a boy or a girl; she would go herself. Just as she was starting it came on to ruin, so the baby was left with me. She had not been long

gone before it began U brawl. I gave it sugar plums and pap, but oould not pacify it. Being musical, I sung " HushTo P>" " Rattling Boys Down," " Dance Little Baby :- : Dance up High,"/' Pop Goes the Weaselj x <hjindreds of little ditties that my ..old] gijtoiiie (McCann) taught me— all f b|| no gffod— it kept up one continualtavvl. *gg£ fact of the matter is it has i^motjttefa temper to a T. I looked; out 1 * for ; >Js| 'coach thousands of times, for J_ ,-^i& .'determined when my wife came'tb' |ive her a bit of my mind. At length she came. I won't tell you all that followed, but I told her I would have a divorce. Shereplied, " Well | dear, you will. have to keep tho baby." I replied, "Not for Joe." Now, sir, having laid my case before you, I hope you 1 and the public of- Cambridge will see tho necessity of a registry office, and if you do, I beg to suggest a very suitable person— viz., the Clerk of the Police, believing he is always at. or near his office. ' This would be much better than at a doctor's house, he not always being in— at kast it would save ' many lathers from being, placed m the same predicament as your humble servant, " Interested."