WHO OWNS THE RUNS?

Dunstan Times, Issue 1067, 6 October 1882, Page 3

WHO OWNS THE RUNS?

TO THE EDITOR. Sir —Since the 5 hj of Sept-em M,-, the date of the expir.ali n of most of the leases of the ni 'R in this hic.ali’y, the qncs'ion has heen freely iliseneso I whether the hj Mor or oecuoier has now tlie riuht to impound, A diversity of opinion seems to ex is l , some think that they cannot, locally exercise the power on anv portion, oven on what they have re-leased, until March; whilst o’hera think that, hointj still holders, the power liol's !>ood over what has been re-!ensed, and ala> on the Idoeka wi : h*rawn, Dispu'.insj the riudit to imnnunl off thn released pnrti ms looks rather at.ic.k’ish question, which I doni/t think there is many will se k to tea*. Rut in respect to the Mocks withdrawn, the position se ms to mo hkn this: A.B is the late leaseholder of a hit of country, nmv ahont, to ' e op tied for selection, hut -f winch a pa “rnal tioven m°nt con-o-den >o him the rich t to Orniy for six OuaLtu alter hi* lew has so as to

five him a chance to clear off his stock ; 0. ). and E. F., and a numb rot others, are intending selectors on this block, and like, wise owners of cattle which, either by arrangementor imposition, has hitherto been allowed to gnso on the run, hut for which no terms or o » dtions wdl now be roceiv d. The two parties scorn to me to be on i qm-d f citing The one has a privilege to occupy for a time, so ns to clear off bis stock from land which he cannot acquire ; the other, if tie has any share at all in this paternal care a 1 ready stated, ought al-o to have some privilege to acquire and keep stock for land he intends to occupy,' if it is not now known whether he will be a settler or not it is not his fault. The beat blessings flow in another direction, twelve months previous to the time ho must vacate his big brother gets the power to repurchase -had the small settler been accorded half tho time it would have been known who was first to occupy the blocks. As it is any one with stock may be looked upon us a likely occupier. and as such he should have a right to use *o some extent these blocks now accorded as a privilege to (he.late tenant;.—l am, &c , One Who Wants to Know. Spottis, September 3d, 1882.