INCONSISTENT LAW MAKING.
• TO THE EDITOR. Sir,-^—Allow me to draw my fellowsettler^ 1 attention to the inconsistent way our represeptatives act in assembly at Wellington, because certain settlers iv some parts of the Colony suffer from
the rabbit nuisance, (hey make a law that any person liberating any rabbit in any part of tbe Colony, may be imprisoned with bard labour for six months, or fined £50. Yet, when the authorities deign to pay oar to our com]^fn^s^Sß?ynTl^ls©™t?lt^i!MSW6fl -IJlffl-'llriis-ance, onr €ropß)j,iyes-on.M>plica-tipTi, are graciously allowed" to kill cock -p^veasarbw- -emy^ - -rinWn!Bß^--l-Bt o-f -May. What a farce,.«»if JWho destruction of a few cocks is going to reduce the nuisance, ancl Ih'-at^ wa'aire'to quietly stand by atid's^d the h^n 'bir'ds eat otir Indian cbcb, ciiprofca, fcfad potMides.. Will HO* ttich unjust laws, atachfojfts administered in snch an unjust manner, tend to make occupiers of' l^ndl law breakers ?— =-Tiim', ifec.^ „ J. T. Upjohn. £Vetiae Rpfti?; Fejbril.ary,l6; "1878.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 2749, 18 February 1878, Page 2
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INCONSISTENT LAW MAKING.
Taranaki Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 2749, 18 February 1878, Page 2
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