STRAYING CATTLE.
IN SCHOOL GROUNDS,
COMPLAINT OF DRAINAGE,
“On several occasions recently cattle have been driven past the school in mobs and stray animals have rushed into the grounds, doing considerable damage to lawns and gardens,” stated Miss E. E. Stephens, principal of the Palmerston North Girls’ High School, ill a report presented to a meeting of the Palmerston North High Schools’ Board of Governors last evening. The report proceeded: “The last such incident occurred on December 7 just before the girls were dismissed, and had they been in the drive an accident must have happened. I have advised the City Council ranger, and have complained about this twice, as the driving of cattle up Fitzherbert Avenue is prohibited after 8 a.m. Could some more drastic action be taken? If it is unavoidable, would the board consider having short cattle-stops made at the entrance gates?” The last incident, said Miss Stephens in adding verbally to her report, had been extremely dangerous. A Jersey bull —a nasty looking beast —had leapt the front fence and gone round the school drive. The board decided to draw the attention of the City Council to the matter.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 15, 15 December 1937, Page 8
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193STRAYING CATTLE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 15, 15 December 1937, Page 8
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