The Akaroa Mail, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1883. CURRENT NOTES.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 680, 19 January 1883, Page 2

The Akaroa Mail, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1883. CURRENT NOTES.

THE CATTLE BY-LAWS

On Wednesday evening the new by-law which does away with those obnoxious restrictions as to driving cattle through the town, that have been so vexing to the farmers, passed, to speak in Parlia mentary language, its third reading, and it now only requires the Sovereign's assent, which means being sent to Wellington to go through a certain form, to become law. It is a yery wise ■• step for the Council to have taken, and we believe they will find that no inconvenience will ensue ; but at the same time we . take this opportunity of warning ovtners of stock-not to abuse the trust placed in them by the Council by driving unruly animals through the town during tho busiest hours of the day. People must not think that because these bylaws are abolished they can be careless in their methods of getting stock through the place. The police have still power, they must recollect, to sue anybody who at all infringes on the rights of the burgesses by driving furiously, or by taking advantage of the absence of these special by-laws to endanger in any way the public safety. The townspeople have done their parts by removing what we think was an unhealthy restriction. Let the farmers now do their duty by showing that those croakers were false prophets who have been perpetually urging that once these by-laws wore done away with, license would prevail. Just a little mutual forbearance on tho side of town and country alike, and everything will go well, for after 1 all their interests are identical.