BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1188, 4 October 1882, Page 2

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.

+ [To THE EDITOR INANGAHCA TIMES.] Sik : — v ow that one life has been sacrificed through the negligence of those who are responsible, it is' to be Imped that they, whoever they are, will take timely warning and at once secure all dangerous crossings, so that the chances of such fatal disasters as the one ..lluded to may henceforth be averted. The drowning of the boy Thomas, by falling through the suspension bridge, at Black's Point, is a sad illustration of the criminal negligence of some person or persons whose duty it was to have the said bridge so secured as to make it impossible for any person to fall through. If it is the Council's duty to do it, they are much to blame for not having attended to it, and the people of Black's Point are alao much to blame for not having drawn the attention of the Council to the necessity of securing the safety of all persons crossing the bridge, and insist on it being done, or otherwise done it themselves, as the cost would be but trifling, and it is beyond doubt whoever the reaponsible parties are, they are morally guilty of the extinction of a promising young life, as also of the pain and agony his untimely death has brought upon hia bereaved parents. I am etc,