IMPOUNDING OF STOCK.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 12988, 21 February 1913, Page 4

IMPOUNDING OF STOCK.

COU2CIY BY-L^VVS KEI.AXED. '

I Amongst the correspondence placed before the Cook County Council to-day was a letter from the ppundk-eoper at L\latawh'ero, Mr V. S. BoJton, who.wroto ask- | ing that .a notice should be- inserted m the papers prohibiting, dro.ei-3 and others irorn using the pound paddock for hold- .. m,? -stock; He complained' that -the fences were being qontihualiy bVokefl. Ho esplaixisd that hV had made a charge of 83 against an /owner of sheep, bv,t was returning the amount. — In 'ionnectiomwith ,fh& same subject, Mr A. Uieinents,' Manjiitufeo, applied to the Council lor a re-fund-of Ss, paid, to the Matowhero pour.dkeeper under • eiVeumsrtancis which ho too k exception fco.^He explained ho had; put the sheep into the Council'^ paddock adjoining the pound until 1 the : quarry tram had passed. - In the meantime the pou'ictceepsr came along-, and locked they gate, and '■ fully-art hour elapsed before! he. released the stock.— The Oouncili ttgr«ed to issue a. notice- Ha suggested by! the pound keepe.r.—.l'he Chairman 11J-1 marked : "It appears as if the^e pound-! kdppcrs aro always spoi.'in.'j for trouble.! I M'ish we could shoot the lot." (Liuigh-i "tdr.j— CV Witters: expressed the opinion that had only done M'hat was reasonable. — The Chairman concurred: '-,■■"■ v • •-."■-..,

An indication cf /the" inconveniencsei the settlere on the flats are at present! experiencing hvas indicated by a matter! that "came before the Cook County Coun-j oil (-o-day. 3fr A. Gallaglier, on behai'; of the Patutahi Road Board, wrote a-sk-j ma" that the .Council shpuld direct the; withdrawal of the ranger at ratutahi; nn'iil rain fell, owing to the present v i shortage o"F water and feed. — Cr Sher-', i-a,tt .said lie thought the .l-equ'est should be granted, as the settlers had to di'ive ; their stock («o the river for watering.; There was consequently a certain^ amount of stock straying* on the voad.^ He moved the. request be acceded to. Cim Jones . urged that a similar- concea- ; sion. be granted over the whole of the flats,— rlt was agreed to instruct the prmndkeepers generally to relax their efforts and allow stock to be driven to water at> the river. — Cr Sherratt added thai probably when the Comicil next ra>in would have fallen .< and '' the c"Aicessiori could be withdrawn,

Mr T. 'Donovan, Tvaiti, Applied for permission to imprajrd horses and cattle off x Kaiti ronds, 'gompkinins: that stock was never off- the load. The writer al"i"3ged that the ranker- aliowejd Borne stock to graze on the Vend.'— It' was pointed out- by Cr Sharratt that the re was nothin.«f t6' prevent a person from impound: in-j.-- -The Engineer said he understood th,a stock was running indiscriminately m -this : locality. . Tlie suggeotiwn \va^ nml© th--+ the Kaiti might be exempted. — C"r- P. " a " sa '<i "c thought thora should be some relaxation <at Ivaiti. — Cr Reynolds suggested that some stipulation should be made respecting stock on theroad after dark.

The Council agreed to amend its previous resolution, and ppeoify the relaxation from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m./ but to request pound-keepers to exercise th^ir discretion to prevent the concession being misused and stock allowed to trespass at night time.

After 'further discussion it, was decided, m view of the danger from Btrayin? stock, to exclude Kaiti from the concession. The Council agreed to draw tha ranger's attention to the complaint.