COLLECTING THE RAILWAY RATE IN TASMANIA.

Evening Star, Issue 3445, 7 March 1874, Page 3

COLLECTING THE RAILWAY RATE IN TASMANIA.

r ,!&e seizures for railway rates at Launceston are fact conducted in the mildest of manners. From the ‘ Cornwall 'Chronicle * wer leam that on the 25th ultimo, Mr Prop, sting and eleven other constables went to the premises of a Mr Youl and demanded admission.' Youl refused to open the door, upon which Propsting attempted to force an entrance, The assault was continued a quarter of an hour/ when at last brute force p evaded, and the door was broken open, fropbtmg pushed thrfeo or four of his men into the place first, like a discreet general, When'the men got in to j on tha defensive, and hlB do \ n & “wchief he was tWO " three connnfbllnoAe d Youl singing |P Btdy» 8 tdy» . Murder, murder l ” His throat was then' clutched, and he was in SiSWS the bailiffs helped SSTv° three doien paits of boots-mens, women’s, and children’s. A large crovydof persons assembled in York neighborhood was in a state ?,®“® hj. ours afterwai-ds. Yohl laya-MVaa pushed downi pn to the edge of ft boiler or some other feharp substance, and

hia back was ' much hurt, so that he was obliged to have recourse to medical advice. He acknowledged that if he had not been retrained he would have killed the first man that entered his castle. He was provided with a broadsword, which he contrived to push through a hole in the door, while he was keeping the constables at bay, and he also had a reaping-hook, a dangerous-looking weapon, wh'ch he intended to use if he had had the opportunity. He expresses his intention to teat the law on the subject, and to secure justice, if he can, for the breaking into his house, damaging his door, and nearly breaking his head.