CATTLE ON ROADS
ABUSES REPORTED IN PAPARUA COUNCIL TO FRAME NEW BY-LAWS An inquiry made recently by a Transport Department traffic officer as to the council’? policy on cattle left for some time on the roadside prompted the Paparua County Council at its meeting last evening to initiate a new by-law. “Cows after milking are allowed on to the road and remain there for up to several hours until milking has been completed before being driven along to another part of the farm,'’ said a report from the works committee of the council. The chairman (Mr W. F. McArthur) said some cattle were left on the road while the farmers had a meal. The county clerk (Mr A. Kelly) said the council had a by-law making it an offence “to put or place cattle on the road for the purpose of grazing.” It was also an offence under the traffic regulations to “allow” cattle on to the road, but the difficulty was in proving intent A new by-law on the lines of one county’s—“if the cattle shall be found at large and without proper guidance in a public place,” the owner was liable —would remedy the position. The council decided, on Mr McArthur’s motion, to hold a special meeting to pass an amending by-law.
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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27400, 13 July 1954, Page 13
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