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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 80, 17 July 1878, Page 2

Pbatsewoethy as no doubt the intention of the Palmers to a Borough Couuc'l has bee i with regard to the regulation aod location of the slaugh-ter-bouses, there is just such a thing ,&h over-doing the matter, and bypassing prohibitory measures without due consideration, lipt only may gross hardship be inflicted, but m a manner the action of the Council may be m somewise stultified. At its lay t sitting that body no touly refused the application of Mr IJeale for permission to^ slaughter within th« town boundaries, but the clerk was instructed to .notify to Mr Mackie that he should remove his slaughter-yard to the outside of the Borough boundary. With regard to the first case, the decision of the Council is one for which — under certain conditions — it is entitled to receive credit, inasmuch as it has been decided that no new licenses to slaughter on ground within the town should be issued.. The question then arises, if not at the outskirts of the Borough, where are the butchers to carry on their slaughtering ? for we are given to understand that Mr Beale, deprived of the liberty to carry on Tiis busiuesß iv Mr Waldegrave'B paddock, has been unable to secure ground for the purpose elsewhere. He admits the inadvisability of suca operations being allowed within the town limits, and as he acknowledges that the health of the citizens should be a primary consideration, he is perfectly satisfied to bow to" the dictum of ■the Council, but unfortunately for him, the unpleasant fact remains — that deprived of Waldegrave's paddock, h» is unable to find a substitute. "We would, therefore, suggest to the Council that that body should erect on the municipal reserve, fronting 1 the river, a Corporation abattoir, m which all the butchers of the town should be compelled to slaughter. By such a course the health of the town would be conserved, the slaughtering; could be carried on with a cleanliness not to be obtained elsewhere, the butchers would not be ; necessitated to lease separate paddocks^ while the, revenue of the Council would be considerably augmented m the year. If : tha. statements made by Mr Mackie in^ his letter be correct, we certainly tnink he bus some cause of complaint. Still, it must be borne m mind that the Council has, it m its power at any time when an industry becomes a nuisance, to order its discontinuance or removal; but m such cases we think it would be well before doing so, that steps should be taken when possible, to prevent the comma ad as-

sumiug the nature of an injustice. There is nothing to prevent the.suggestion we have made being carried out ; on thi& contrary, we believe it would prove » boon to the town, a benefit to the butchers, and a source of revenue to the Corporation.