This council can testify to the piteous character of some of the cases which are postponed from month to month.
It will not help our constituents when they come to us and make their piteous and pathetic appeals.
But is the tale of the yard quite as piteous as has been made out?
Taken on that view alone, this amount is piteous.
And surely the talk about a fall in prices is a most piteous argument.
There were piteous scenes as young men and women were taken away from their homes.
I have heard most piteous complaints by representatives of local authorities that this or that authority is being badly treated.
So much for the cuts and the piteous plight of young people denied their place in education that we were told about.
