BEACH DOINGS.
(To tire Editor.) Sir, —Concerning your Foxton notes of September 15, find your report re the prosecutions for wandering stock. In the instance of the tethered pony, your correspondent omitted to state that the fence in question is on private property. Since the law does not compel owners of a tied animal to leg-rope, muzzle or lash its head securely to the hitching post, it is not surprising that the pony turned round and nibbled a little. The defence showed that the pony’s head was at least 20ft. from the metalled road, and therefore could be no danger to traffic. Also, that on a previous occasion (16 months ago) the pony was reported as being tethered on the road. The traffic inspector preceded the owner to the beach and found the pony tethered on private property, feeding out of its customary nosebag. There was no mention in my hearing of this prosecution being a border-line case. —I am. etc., A.E.A. September 16, 1933.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 249, 18 September 1933, Page 9
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