HOT WATER AT RIVERTON ROCKS.

Southland Times, Issue 19434, 24 December 1924, Page 2

HOT WATER AT RIVERTON ROCKS.

To the Editor. Sir, —Yesterday the Browns Sunday School children went to Riverton for their annual picnic, the principals arranging to have four kerosene tins of water boiled, two at 11 a.m. and two at 3 p.m., at the Rocks. When the boiling water was sent for at 3 p.m. one of the principals went to pay for the two issues and was informed that the price was £1 5/- (twenty-five shillings). Don’t you think it was over the odds, especially for Sunday School children. I should imagine it would be a case for the local Council to take up, for it is, or would be, the means of driving would-be picnickers away, and Riverton depends a great deal on picnic parties and excursionists. The above facts and statements can be proved by the principals of the party. I stood by with disgust while the paying business was being done, and not being one of the party, was unable to make any comment; but was informed by the leader the facts of the case. In conclusion, I might add that the purveyor of hot water didn’t get the full amount demanded, but was quite angry when the said leader of the party paid him only £1 for his 14 gallons of water. —I am, etc., DISGUSTED.