STRAYING STOCK

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 62, 6 April 1945, Page 5

STRAYING STOCK

MENACE TO NIGHT TRAFFIC "Ratepayers have complained to me repeatedly about the number of horses which are straying round the roads at night" said Cr Les Luxton at last meeting of the Whakatane County Council. "They are becoming a real menace, rubbing mail boxes; down ? damaging cream qnd breaking fences. Besides this they are a serious danger to traffic. We employed a ranged to control them, but he can't be up all night. He's got sufficient to do during the day. We should find some means of making these persons accept their . own responsibility." Cr Butler agreed warmly and asked if any person, had the right to impound the horses* The chairman said that any person had the right to put the animals temporarily off the road and into an adjoining paddock, until such time as they could be moved to the pound. Cr McCready: Just who's responsibility would it be if an accident, ocfcurred ? view pf th© fact! that it is not legal to drove at night? The charman thought the respori- , sibility would be the owners and added that the position was also bad at Nukuhou. | "Why Mr Chairman " interposed Cr Burt } "its a regular practice, with some persons to put them out on the roads from Friday evening till Sunday night." The Council decided to instruct , the inspector to have stray horses impounded with authority to" appoint deputies to take action at night time or during the week-ends.