AN INDIGNANT RATEPAYER.
• ■ ■ — - 1 . -■ ♦ > The follcsdng letter was rod &b the meeting o£.-tlie.linv-».'u Borough Council (says the Herald) on Monday night :>— " Timaru June 21 : — Mr E. H. Lough. Sir,— Your threatening note of June 20 just to hand grieves me with exceeding grifiif, when I cannot always meet the pressing claims of Shylock. I I know that the bond ie greatly overdue, tut still, you hold security m shops and buiid'ngs for fourfold what I owe you. I have no richly laden argosies bound for Tripolis, . to be devoured by water-rats and pirates. Your security is sounder far and Bafer. It consists of firstclass well-built bricks and mortar, securely laid upon the solid clay of Timaiu. Why should you^here- * tore ma~lie^y«*:«/ii£ ?. •j^^^SßKjSStk words and strife, eimpl^rcrWfTra for a paltry -year or so'a arrears m rent. It is not just, it is not merciful. Had I been rich like old— (initials given)— you would have givnn me, ayo full four years to pay it m, and then you would h»ive craved it off me as a boon, before considering a reduction. I pray thee, then, content thyself, and give me time, I'll yet redeem the bond."
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXI, Issue 161, 2 July 1895, Page 4
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195AN INDIGNANT RATEPAYER. Marlborough Express, Volume XXXI, Issue 161, 2 July 1895, Page 4
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