ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 303, 9 December 1862, Page 7

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

A CORRECTION. (To the Editor of ihe Daily Times.) Sir,—ln publ'sbing my letter on the Routes to the Diggings, iv this day's Times, you have the signature thus:— James Gibson, _ , {Late of M'Leod and Gibson). It should be— James Gibson, (0/ M'Leod and Gibson). The alteration is a serious mistake on your part, as you can ascei tain by refereuce to my manuscript I must request you to publish this in explanation, and if my letter is pub'i-hed in the weekly issue, please see that the error is not repeated. I am, Sir. Yours, &c. Jambs Gibson.

DOGS.

(Tothe Editorof'theD^ailt Times.)

SiE,--Can no remedy be found for the dog rimsance, by imposing sucna tax aa may prevent useless dogs being imported and maintained. Already the country swarms with worthless an<i dangerous mon^ erels, whi^h greatly increase*, the Hsl and dilficulry,* and diminishes the profit,^f.feedihg stock, and consequently increases the price of Dutcher's meat/ which; surely w high enough already., , This matter concerns both th« grazier and diggermore than the,authorities seem, to consider ; ~but to enforce^the present- J>pg RegistratSon Ordinance;(which only bears on tlie're&ii dent;population): would be ,as' uiuair as it .is inenicient. ". ;■.,;.. .. ; -; ;*'•;-■;.••■•--■ •■.,.•> .^ ;■<;•. : ;.

How would it answer tovfcax owners of dogs 25.4 for each dog, to be paid during, the month of January each year, heavy penalties to be enforced if not paid, the person paying tax to receive a brass collar|ticket, with the year and: a progressive number stardped on it, also to receive a paper licence with his owi£ name; 'and name, number, and;description/of do» inserted,' which licence he must produce to anypolicemati-on I demand; the register of these licences (obefeept by" i <th> police authorities. Stealing a licence .priretaining a found one to be-severely puni^h«^.."■■'■'• r ;.:, 1 ";,. ::•'..:* Some such measure mi<?ht .have a salut^r^ efiecfc,' and also enable the owners of lost or stolen dog^ to recover them, besides beiog a ■reriiuoerative .way of getting rid of a destructive nuisance y and if * a man really needs a doe1, he need not grudge 25s a year jfoi:ifc, but I decidedly disapprove of having to pay even ihe.lOsfee, when for one that pays it there are hundreds who do not, ■ • '■v :j-; ' = : t

SHEPHERD.

' Bth Dedember,11862.

TREATMENT OF DEBTORS;

{To the Editor ofJheVAii? Tihes.)

Sib;—A corresboMent, ;!unter I;hp. sismature of "An IJnfortuuate .DeHtov; 1' has aniniadv^rted, in Very strong language, upjanthetreatmentexperienced by the debtors here,''from • 'all the officials—fromi the highest to the lowest, with a few 'honorable fixceptions:"- Nowi Jrir^whilufreelyl endorsingi the statements of your cqrres'pohdeiit,'' I feel- bouori to state that I consider his condemnation too general; and that the conduct; of the officers, with a few unenviable exceptions, has been extremely civiiandcourieous.' I ieel certain that the allusion rto •our *' almighty gaoler" can have refTence solely to the exclusion- of yisitors,"andI'the:buiiailnieht^«lif.the.:houra''^ldwed'for such purpose, ashofcliing, as far as I have* beien able to observe, can be more courteous than ■ the •! address and demeauour of the said" AlmigafcyGaoler."

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