Want to buy two donkeys?
Well then contact Town Clerk Elmo Mayers .
He has two on his hands with instructions from City Councillors to get rid of them at any reasonable price.
The donkeys became redundant so to speak when the Council scrapped its old methods of catching stray dogs and acquired a motor vehicle for this purpose.
For the past two weeks advertisements have been appearing offering the donkeys and the dog cart for sale.
But while offers have been received for the cart no one seems to be interested in the donkeys.
“What should I do?” Town Clerk Mayers asked Councillors on Monday.
He was told :”Try and get a fair price.”
(Daily Chronicle June 14 th 1972)
