HURUNUI RABBIT FENCE.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18218, 31 October 1924, Page 11

HURUNUI RABBIT FENCE.

TO THF. EDITOR OF ''THE TRESS." Sir, —It is with regret I lind it nec.es.viry to ask fc.-r a. little upaec in your valuable paper to reply briefly to Mr N. D. Campbell and others regarding the above matter. To rue and hundreds of others it is inconceivable that the few wealthy farmers in the south eastern pate of our district should still persist in stating that, more than cue petition v.-as circulated right throughout our district, asking that both District and Board be aboli.-hed for all time. I ask if Mr Campbell and Ins followers can remember that at the Cheviot Farmers' Union meeting, ho omitted the most important clause when reauTng our petition. Surely the faet that Mr Campbell was repeatedly hooted and tried down is sufficient. The two petitions Mr Campbell has repeatedly referred to are apparently: So. I.—The ratepayers" petition: and 2\o. 2 —The ratepayers' petition (minus tlie la-st clause that ,asks for a new Beard). Jt is to !-.<: remembered also that 31 r Starky piibiicly admitted at- the Cheviot nicotine that the resolution reported as parried at- the private meeting held at' Omihi. uas not correct. This will give the ratepayers an idea of the sort of opj-oiiion they are meeting. For Mr Campbell to say that- the only reason the. proposed fence was to start near lus property wai= because ho. was prepared to lend the Board the. spare eight miles vf fencing material be had on his property, is utterly ridiculous, and 1 am pleased ic say has Ven taken by the petitioners with a grain of salt.

In oom-.lusicii, let mo say tlint tlio mjuot of our petition, that, n uew Hoard be oloe.ted. will, doubtless, be crauted on elation d.'ty.—-Yours, etc., RATEPAYER. October 30th. 102 A,