ROSLYN AND GREATER DUNEDIN.
J TO TIIK XIIITOK. Sir,—Kc ''(ireater Duneilin" nmalgamaJton, what, for instance, would Roslyn gain by if; _Rather, what would she not- lo?c? Koslvn is a lov.n in herself, with her ov."u institution-: nntl interests, her own lranufaeturo= ami industries: and, at. the present rate of increase of population, will poon he '/Ww' 1 ! 01 ' to her boundaries (which Mr Sptlilon jrot manipulated tn efface tier and her prohibition!, c'aini her charter, ai!<l send her owp member to Parliament, as she iimnl Io do. The ma joritv oT her citizens are intelligent and la.\v-ahidin<; people, ivho liave..bv sobriety and thrift, won Hicir own dwellings and frmlioltl-: and whv should they be ,taxed to niiiHilain Dtmedin rlnins, i/uii'ubo s drmk-mnde nauper.* and criminals? If =he chooses to pin- for her own inninnp'il atfsirs. why slionWu't she? Wliv should she lie effaced, swallowed up in Dnne. .V " s » cu : isc,|„«.,„.. (|„„,i0,l ctrriiK-.ioTj- aud their terrible consrcntencc.. r.= i-.if Premier wanr< her to be? Jjct |,er , Ill'ist upon 1.-eeoimr her own individual e\isj toner, and combine In bo fielijraria. As tn the nlra i»f the '• water suiiplv.'* if ilie ciitfi-i-.eo'onred ini'.tnre. wUh its visible sediipcnl of filth, siomlied to l")unedin is n, sample of what would |v> FuppHed to tlm sul.iirlv-00, IbanV you. Ros|vn | W s ; water in licr own tenk.—strai'sht from t!m ,ckiu(,s, and not (illeml thrcmsh j yards.-I am, etc., Rosr.nc.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 12100, 20 July 1901, Page 10
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233ROSLYN AND GREATER DUNEDIN. Otago Daily Times, Issue 12100, 20 July 1901, Page 10
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