THE LONG PADDOCK.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18530, 15 October 1923, Page 9

THE LONG PADDOCK.

STRAY CATTLE : NUISANCE. far t telegraph.—own corespondent. J, ... WHANGAREI. Saturday! {) ■'■ 'Application'" for authority act 'as ranger on county roads was made ;to yesterday's meeting 'of the ( Whangarei County Council by Mr. £;■ I>avisV who is ranger: of (the sand dunes between Marsden Point and Waipu, where marram grass has been' planted; with; a view' to battling :against■ the encroachment of the ; sand. He had not,, power, under that authority; he:said, to impound "cattle found on i the roads or reserves. > ' : •_ _~" . ■ < -The letter, \ said( the chairman, Mr. .W. ones, opened an important question, affecting the whole of the, county, that of the custom of allowing slock to graze on the roadsides. ''. Recently a straying cow had kicked in the glass on ; the front light of his car. when travelling along a county highway. ■'''"'• ' '■■.■• ' ! 'Mr. A. Pollock stated that there was.a diseased bull in ' the Parakao districts, which had driven school children off the road, and he was advised that was a matter for the : police. The beast should be •removed or shot. i Mr. F: Elliott said that in the Hikura,ngi Riding, one settler,grazed over about three miles of road more or less continuously, rand; had even put a blindfolded bull'' on the road. . 1 It ;<was decided to -leave the matter of appointment of Mr. Davies as ranger over until : Mr. J.' W.' Durham, member for the Waipu Riding, who was absent, could be consulted -with reference to the question of extending his powers.' , ,