A.N INTERESTING ITEM.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 401, 9 January 1909, Page 7

A.N INTERESTING ITEM.

Sir,—This, is a, <y>py of 4 rum,a item thafc appeared in the "London Daity Mail" of; J . Wednesday, August. 19,u1&0.&rrJ , 'TOSi'tPBAL -BOROUGH". NO: tOANS; NO, DEBTS. AND NO. liAty ■ LAWSUITS. •. "-."Allr'Sshb;. members'", of the ' Corporation ol ; Eje,'_"Sttffolki" . trayelled' yesterday to Yarv' mouth, and spent an enjoyable day by- tlje. seaside as the. guests of the Mayor of Eye, : Sir T.-Tacon. Speaking at a- luncheon, Sir said . Eye. was an example to. all borqijgha in tne. kingdom,' for it had, n», T : lowis., nq d.efets, anS lift interest, to pay-,. and '' ;\t : Kad.'iertr,'-sponjt- . , ';The writer, ;yisited-the.: above borough on_ • business several ijipaes iu the mon,tK of 19Q8. ; It has the appearance q£ 3. ducted tovWj, ■ and .very clean.—lts. pojKjlaj. ■ t-ion is nearly- CO.tJO-.. It is an old, bQicjughv. :• and. had: its.' share and more of s\egs and; war. during the early. history of England;,, ,; ?uoh as the. Danish,, Roman, and S.axqai in-... Vasions. Three njiles. from this twrough, (the, village, of iloxno) Ediuund,, t-h«. Maityr King; , : was,''tied'-by the. Bapfi?, ta «£: oak-tree, and. shot a,rr^-i:: ; : of the':tr?e.;i's : still lying iii.the same field, 1 having b«m. struck » few-'years ag? bj lightn.. .-. • a marble monument "now '/taJflng tna; ; . place of the tree,* . the ; ■ Kirig hid under is still tfeerQ,,,%nd, .. a' pubfc" highway, :■>■ A, HIGGINS,_ . Petone, January 7. .-■■■■'■ -. ;