BEWARE THE BULL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 50, 11 July 1868, Page 3

BEWARE THE BULL.

TO TIIK KIMTOK "I 1 TIIK STAU. Sii^—Walklng homeward*, a couple of days ago, along tho mmlh artery of t raffle iv tills city with it lady on my arm, I was suddenly disconcerted, (this you mu*t underhand In confidence, Is a " htrajjellc " expression to cover the Hliamo of a limn having openly to confess to being confoiiiulcdly frightened) by d'scoverliiK 11 pair of bullock honw within hlx feet ol! my buck, Visions of speedy elevation to (lie cotnpulxory ami iKiiominioiw treat of a birds-eye o£ tho Godlcy Statue flitted hastily across my brain. Turnliix round a llttlo more to plan out a tactical movo to tho llank and rear of the enemy, I was overawed by a view of two more pair of liornrt and .savage eyes peering from between thorn, My fall- companion evinced manlfwt tokens o£ alarm, which, though fueling myfle)f, I dtacrcotly cOMcwvlftrt. Attempting a too hasty lllKht,»h« fell luto the lake the Cathedral Commission havo thoughtfully provided as a retreat for our citizens in such eases. Tho bullocks, evidently unprepared to croaa so vast a ahect of wtfer, iv tho very

heart of this populous capital, gave up their intent [on of clearing the footpath all down Colombo street. The two drivers o£ the three beasts rode composedly on, littlo aHVeted l>y the irregularities of their beasts on tin; proper lino of march. Now, Sir, I think you will agree with me, that of all hours of the day during which cattle ought to bo allowed to be driven through out street*, that from 4 to 5 p.m. is in every repc«t the leas I suitable. It U the hour at which they are the most crowded with tmtlie } men walking, driving, or riding homo from their business, women from their day's shopping, nurses and children from their afternoon's* walk. But why should cattle bo driven at all, down out busiest thoroughfares to the danger of pas» songors, when there arc numerous unfrequented streets and a wide Town Bolt, which the City Council could set apart for such driving? The fact is, Mr Editor, no stock sale yard ought to bo tolerated any longer in the very centre of the town, nor ought any cattle except quiet milch cows l>e allowed within its limits, except between midnight and 6 or 7 a.m., the hours customary in all well regulated towns. No private, or socalled vested interests ought to prevent for a day the Council, at once prohibiting cattle driving, except at the hours named f and so delivering nervous individuals, children and women, from serious alarm, if not danger. Your obedient servant, A FOOT-PASSENGER. "