Wandering Sheep at Titahi Bay

Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 94, 15 January 1932, Page 13

Wandering Sheep at Titahi Bay

Sir,—Under date January 6, “Pioneer Shackite” writes you on above subject and has accused Councillor Bothamley of missing one point, but I am afraid your correspondent has missed th* whole the presence of the sheep on the roads. Were it not for the valuable services rendered by these animals in eating down the grass on the roads, Titahi Bay would frequently have been burnt out as quite a number of picnickers consider their day’s enjoyment is not complete without setting fire to the trees or the grass around their camp.

The sheep are on the roads at the request of the local Progressive Association, and the owners of seaside houses, not shacks or discarded tramcars, and it . would be a blessing in disguise if the two latter types of erections in the bay were wiped out by fire, were it possible to do so without destroying the seaside houses, and, for this reason only. I would strongly support “Pioneer ShackIte” in having the sheep excluded from the roads. At present the grass Is seeding and getting very dry, due to th* hot summer experienced, and i(; is a real necessity that more stock should be put on the roads to reduce the increasing risk of fire.—l am, etc., DAVID K. BLAIR. Titahi Bay, January 12, 1932.