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King Country Chronicle, Volume XX, Issue 2063, 6 January 1925, Page 2

No little amusement wans caused at a meeting of the Takapuna Borough Council recently, when a ratepayer appeared to ask that two dogs, the property of a member of the Council, bo destroyed on the grounds that the animals were a menace and a danger to the public. On a recent evening, he alleged;, he had had tcJ "fight for hib life,'' and he never passed the oounoiilor's house unless armed with an iron bar. The complainant also alleged that the dogs had killed his and other ratepayers' fowls, and that several of his neighbours had forbidden their children to go near the dogs. In defence of these charges the councillor concerned said there wore nuisances in hi's district far worse than the dogs, which were playfhl, and general favourites with children. Regarding the alleged biting, his pets, he said, were extremely good judges of character. The latter remark caused a lively exchange of views between the interested parties, "the Mayor calling them to order. After discussion the Mayor explained that provided the dogs were registered the Council had no power to order their destruction. The matter was one for police settlement.