THE BURKED BY-LAW. To the Editor.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 626, 14 July 1882, Page 2

THE BURKED BY-LAW. To the Editor.

Sir, —Will you allow me, as one of a suffering public, to make a few remarks upon tho Borough Council's action at their late meeting. It appears that tbe leader of the Works Committee led the way by striking the infant hy-hw with bis shillalegh; then comes our respected exMayor, who wishes to legislate for our wives and children ; but his sight must be getting dim. It appears to be above bis comprehension to understand that the old by-law forces drovers to drive through the borough just at the time children are making their way to school in the morning, ai d in the afternoon, when our wives and children have an hour or so to get a little exercise. I should like to place those four Councillors iv the position of some gentlemen who could not get their flock to the town boundary in time for the morning driving hours, and consequently had to wait till the afternoon to drive a mob of harmless sheep through the town. Night being close at hand, they could only just get them into a paddock on the town boundary. In the morning they had the pleasure of finding them out of the paddock, mixed up with one of our local butchers' Hocks, which not only caused a heavy loss of time to both butcher and drover, but also made it impossible to reach the Christchurch markets in time for the sale. But these four Councillors only chuckle at it, and say, our laws must be maintained; the farmers' inlereets are as nothing to us. Petitions and all else are thrown to the winds by these able Councillors ; the public's wants are ignored, their money fooled away, their main street in far worse condition than any main road in the county; and altogether the Council is little better than a white elephant to tne burgesses.—Yours, e'e, ICONOCLAST.