STRAY HORSES.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5279, 13 January 1879, Page 3

STRAY HORSES.

Sir,— Allow me to give through your columns a hint to the newly elected members of the Borough Council. Notice is given to the Councillors, irrespective • of ' the magnitude of their " fry," large or small, and citizens generally, that they can be kicked at any hour during the day if they will walk through Olive* Square. I am a sufferer, and so speak- feelingly on the subject. The owner of the stray horse that " went for and fetched" my face this afternoon in that 'locality is known, and for his own interests would do well to communicate with'- the undersigned at once, as it will 'prevent! trouble. . .' i Frank Ledbury, Provincial Hotel. P. S.— Whilst thinking over the " kicks that flesh, is heir to," I've been wondering whether > horses are allowed equal rights to the footpaths with other citizens. If they are, I give the horses best. THE RATE COLLECTOR. Sir : ,— I notice in your contemporary's issue of a few eyenings ago a letter signed "Elector"' (which at first escaped my notice),, in which an unwarranted attack is made on the Rate Collector. The letter, from its scurrilous tone, I presume, must hafe emanated from the "shop," as, from what appears to be'a chronic hatred on the part of the. Telegrap h against Mr Williams, they seldom allow an opportunity to pass without .hurling their darts against him, which, from the efficient manner in which he has- discharged his duties, are more injurious to the "penny publication" than to him whom they are intended to injure. In speaking of "pocketing the screw," had the writer been actuated by conscientious motives, he would have expatiated on the amount of the " screw" he had to pocket, and the amount of work to be done.. „, He!, could also, I think, have pointed out the injustice on the part of the Corporation in asking Mr Williams to perform the same amount of work for £20 per year as Sergeant O'Malley was to have discharged for £50. If Mr Williams' duty be such as to enable him, if I may use the term, "to kill two birds with one stone," still he has the responsibility of the- two offices, and I fail to see why he should not be paid the same as the worthy sergeant who accepted tho office under similar circumstances. The servant is always worthy of his hire, so doubtless is the J)(dhf. Telegraph of the credit they can 'claim for making scurrilous attacks on individuals who from their position are unable .to defend themselves, a course of action which I consider to be beneath respectable journalism. — I am, &c, Ratepayer. Napier, January 11, 1879.