THE SLAUGHTER HOUSE QUESTION. QUESTION.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXI, Issue 5465, 27 February 1875, Page 1 (Supplement)

THE SLAUGHTER HOUSE QUESTION. QUESTION.

To the Kditor: Sir, I tru^t > on Mill not •icupfc tin- silemro! tlie country sottlcis as const'iiting to tho niisi'i.vblu proposition hn rciiiox iii^°tln> sl.iughlur-liouso to Oiichun«;i. Thou- siK'iicu is "ol, m tliia case, a pi oof <,f iiKlilloionco. Tlioy luvc boon rjlying on tl o judicious loooimiu'iidafcion of the Cominissum appointed l>y the Provincial Council, and Relieving that if the slaughter-house were rcmovoil from its present situ it would come to the neighbourhood of Ann's Biidgu, and with that understanding they have remained silent. But Mr. Tonics, in the plenitude of his wisdom, and flushed with newly-acquired power, says, without assigning a single reason, that it shall not be at Ann's Bridge; it shall be at Onehunga. Now, wo are pretty well accustomed to acts of folly in high <[iiai tors, but this surpasses anything that has yet been perpctraiod, arid" if the ICxccutivc had studied to sot at doliance tho wislrcs and convenience of all parties incrested, they could not have accomplished their object more successfully than by taking the step they now contemplate. Is tho public monoy to bo spent, and the public convenience to be saerinded to gratify a caprico of Mr. Tonka ? I recommend Mr. Tonics, and those associated with him, to hesitate before they incur tho opprobrium of of butchers and dealers, salesmen and sottlcrs, by an act of folly, unequalled oven in the annals of Provincial blundering. The Vicinity of Ann's Bridge offers all the advantages to be found at Onohiuiga, — pure air, excellent pastures, an unlimited supply of cood water at a small outlay, added to the fact that it it is contiguous to the main line of railway, and is by that mode of transit considerably nearer to town ; and, as it has been thought probable that Mr. Bucklaild'a sale-yards would ultimately follow tho removal of the slaughtor-houso to Aim's Bridge, tho cattlo en route from the Waikato and other pastoral districts would be met there by the butcTiers, slaughtered, and sent forward by rail. But Onepunga possesses no single recommendation to any ono of tho four branches of business connected with tho cattle trade, and, on that ground, should bo condemned without] appeal. If the Provincial Executive* have gone so far in tho wroug direction as to purchase a piece of land at Onehunga, let them sell it, or givo it away, rather than consummate a blunder for itfhich thejr will hereafter bo held in execration. * Tho gods dement those whom they would destroy, and the erection of a slaughter-house at Onehunga would prove incontestibly that a change is necessary, and will soon come. — I am, &c,

W. WOODWAHD. [Would Mr. Woodward say from what source the unlimited supply of water is to be obtained at Ann's Bridge ? — JjJd.J J