Drastic water restrictions are being enforced in Melbourne. - News item.

John doesn't water the garden now,
   But he gets home fearfully late.
He says the authorities won't allow
The water to waste; so he's made a vow
   To honor the laws of his State.
He says stern duty and civic pride
Are things we should not forget.
   So John isn't using the sprinkler now,
   But he comes home awfully "wet."

John has a frightful respect for law;
   And he chatters a lot at nights,
Of the terrible criminal things he saw
Right in our street, where the people draw
   Gallons beyond their rights.
'Tis a scandalous thing, John says, HE thinks,
   But there's something I'd like to know:
How do they get all the fluid he drinks,
   When it's struck six long ago?

"Den"
Sun, 19 February 1927, p7