"A fine city." "Get wasted." 20 May 2009

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Title

"A fine city." "Get wasted." 20 May 2009

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Description

A bird (wekas?) stands on either side of a public rubbish bin in an heraldic pose. One of them says 'A FINE city' and the other replies 'get wasted'. Latin text along the bottom of the image reads 'Pro communi utilitate' - 'for the convenience of the community'. Refers to the fact that Invercargill residents face $100 fines for dropping their cigarette butts on the street or spitting out chewing gum, while bigger fines are being lined up for bigger litterers. There is a play on the two meanin...

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Date created

2009

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23078220

Locations

Invercargill / Invercargill City

Related subjects

Litter (Trash) / Fines (Penalties) / Invercargill

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