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THIN ID AD : THEN AND NOW. 



the town ; but dt also, if properly kept, would have 

 been a beauty-spot to be admired by residents and 

 visitors of all classes. But oh, such order was it 

 kept in ! It was a disgrace to this fine tropical 



town ; and instead of being something for its resi- 

 dents to boast of, and its visitors to be delighted 

 with, was practically an eyesore. 



At the time of which I write it was under the 

 control of the Borough Council ; — in later years 

 abolished by order of Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, when 

 Secretary of State for the Colonies, during the time 

 when Sir Hubert Jerningham was governor. This 

 body was succeeded by the Town Commissioners and 

 later merged into The Town Board, which designa- 

 tion the " City Fathers " now bear. 



My dearly beloved Fathers, I will not for one 

 moment hesitate to say that Brunswick Square was 

 Then a disgrace to the Borough Council, and is 

 Now a disgrace to you. It is true, it as somewhat 

 better Now than Then. You are doing something 

 by slow^ degrees to bring every part of it up to a level, 

 but I hope you don't mind " a captious critic " say- 

 ing that you might use more earth and less stones in 

 the process ; it still requires a great deal more than 

 wmat you are doing and undoubtedly would be the 

 better of a few flow^er beds and ornamental shrubs. 

 You have done a good deal to improve the footpaths, 

 particularly those used by the busy citizens on their 

 way to business, but you have left the nice circular 

 promenade, that could be beneficially used by less 

 busy and delicate citizens, as a nice, quiet, shady 



