STOCK NUISANCE

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2114, 3 April 1914, Page 8

STOCK NUISANCE

FINES DEEMED TOO LIGHT. At tlio meeting 01" tlio Wellington City Council last night the Outlying Districts Committee reported that thev bad received complaint s with respect !o Hie waudcring-steek nuisance m tho vicinity of Mount Pleasant. sad Kel« bnnie, and that the. City Engineer had reported as follows on iho matter "Tho position of' this matter is ai present very unsatisfactory. The corporation lias no pound for impounding of horses. and tlio leniency with which tlio offenders aro dealt with in tho Magistrate's Court is such that 110 nolieo whatever is taken. II scums hard ■to betievo that, : notwithstanding comjiSaints of hundred's of ratepayers t-mi-eerning the damage done bv wandering stock, that some more efficient step is Hot taken to put down the nuisance. It is very difficult indeed for Inspector (trecks to do much more. than he is at pfo.sei.it doing. Tfie city is of ronsiflcrahle. area, and tliero arc> good Opportunities for people to turn their stock out on to tho public streets if they so <Icsir<;. This will continue until sucli ti.mtf As the Court, sees IB to inflict penalties which will, have the effect of ridding tho city of the nuisanco referred to." The committee rcconttnciidod that (he city solicitor should be iiskeil _to press for lieavier fines \vhen prwreuiioits worn hi'foro tho Court, and the council adopted tho I'ee.ohim.cndation. *