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This poem satirises the contractual problems surrounding the construction of a bridge in Yass. On page 6 of the same issue of the Goulburn Herald, under the sub-heading 'Colonial News', is this local news item: 'THE BRIDGE AGAIN. An official notification has been forwarded from the Civil Crown Solictor's office to the sureties of Mr John Ganning, late contractor of the Yass bridge, intimating that in consequence of breach of contract on his part the agreement is at an end ... therefore the Warden can no longer find in this quarter an excuse for procrastinating his call for tenders to complete the work'.
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Author's note: (Not exactly after the style of a poem bearing the same title, and written by the late Thos. Hood.)
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Epigraph: Just now I've taken the fit of rhyme,/ My barmie noodle's working prime,/ My fancy yerkit up sublime/ Wi' hasty summon;/ Hae ye a leisure moment's time/ To hear what's comin'?
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Subjects:
- Yass, Yass area, Canberra region (NSW), Southeastern NSW, New South Wales,
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