Featherston Ranger.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1801, 1 March 1886, Page 2

Featherston Ranger.

To the Editor of the Standard. Sib, —In yonr issue of recent dale is a letter from Mr 0. Phillips on this question. I deduct the following facts from it. Firstly. That the sncoessful protest made by the ratepayers of the Olaraia ward, near the township, against the funner iniquitous practice of dividing the waid into two sections—a small one fur the ranger to barrass settlers' stock iu, and a larger one relieved altogether from his visits—ia having iu legitimate result in showing where the responsibility lay. Uneasy consciences are showing themselves. Secondly. Shepherds wonld do well (o consult their common sente at times, as their masters might give instructions likely to lead to their being imprisoned for sheep stealing. Thirdly. The accident mentioned by Mr Phillips as having happened on that part of the main road which the ranger was in formal days instructed cot to visit, shows that the cattle in those parts are getting aa dangerous ss their relation* across the ranger’s old boundary. Lastly. That tbs Road Board authorities would do well to consider tbs advisability of keeping all roads clean after nightfall—not singling out any one portion. 1 am, Ac., 3. Maxtm, Jus, Hoangaroa, February 220 d, 1986.