TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 1, 17 June 1890, Page 2

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

Sir, — Will you allow me, through the Ffilding Stab, to call attention to a public grievance. About two months ago we went to considerable expense in repairing and putting in good order for winter use the track through our Block, A very small portion of the winter has passed and yet our track is almost impassable, not owing to the legitimate traffic on it but to the number of cattle that are turned out by their owners to obtain cheap feed, regardless of the discomfort and danger caused to their neighbors. The cattle are all owned by settlers in the Palmerston Block, four or five of whom systematically overstock and depend on our roads for winter grazing. The owners have already been requested privately to keep their stock within bounds, but take not the slightest notice. I now wish on behalf of several fellowsettlers to publicly give them notice that there is a limit to our endurance, and unless the practice is stopped, we propose to take measures to test the case and see if the roads are principally for the benefit of a few selfish men, to turn into pastures and swamps, or for what we consider their legitimate use, a safe means of communication between towns and the outlying districta. — I am, &c. J. Russell White. Birmingham, June 15, 1890.