MENACE OF WANDERING STOCK ON ROADS.

Wanganui Chronicle, 15 December 1949, Page 2

MENACE OF WANDERING STOCK ON ROADS.

The menace of wandering stock on back country roads was emphasised by Traffic Officer H. G. Perreau (Feilding) in the Marton Court yesterday morning. He was giving evidence against four Sandon Block (Hunterville) settlers who were charged with allowing stock to wander on the roads in the Kiwitea County. Traffic Officer Perreau said that over the psst few months there had been a number of accidents involving deaths, due to wandering stock. Recently in company with the Stock Inspector for the Kiwitea County, he made a patrol of the Sanson Block area and found several cows on the road. No excuse was offered by any of the owners, although O'Leary said that his cow got out of the paddock while he was repairing the gate. Messrs A. J. B. Sicely and Alex Stuart, Justices of the Peace, who were on the Bench, convicted the defendants and said the penalties would act as a warning to others. Thomas Robinson, farmhand, Hunterville, was lined £5 (costs 12s) for allowing six cows to wander on the Waipura Road and a similar line was imposed on Walter Francis Lewer roadman, Hunterville, for allowing six cows and two calves to be at large on the Mangapapa Road. Fox allowing one cow to wander on the Waipura Road cost Daniel Arthur O’Leary, farmer, Hunterville, £1 (costs 10s). and the same line was inflicted in the case of Ernest Frank Thomas, f firmer, Hunterville. who also allowed on? cow to wander on the Mangapapa Road