GRAZING ON HIGHWAYS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18356, 23 March 1923, Page 13

GRAZING ON HIGHWAYS.

BOROUGH'S NOVEL SCHEME.

A PROFITABLE SIDELINE.

3 g Local residents appear to obtain humIs our from the borough pionounoed distinc- § lion in respect of the promotion of the =| dairying industry in the town. Sleek g cows with identification discs graze on 'J the highways and by-ways of the borough, | the municipality earning about £100 a gi year in roadside grazing fees. The odd 3 feature about the privilege is that the j| license does not permit cowa to graze, If but simply exempts the grazing animals | from being impounded. Another amusing | Mature is the fact that horses are expected § to possess a higher standard of intelli--3 gonce in Tauranga than in any other part gof the world. They are permitted to g graze only beyond Sixth Avenue. If a g careless animal should inadvertently cross | Sixth Avenue, it may bo impounded. No §? wonder Tauranijanu make jokes about their |j ingenious and ingenuous by-laws. There | is a practical side to the matter. Grass p fcrows luxuriantly In Tauranga. and the i| abolition of cattle grazing in the town a would necessitate expense on cutting to 3 minimis© the risk of fire during mid-Rain--3 mer. A wise horse :s & good mower, H and pays for it 3 service. There is wisdom H in the little towns of New Zealand.