WILFUL WASTE MAKES WOFUL WANT.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 51, 2 July 1879, Page 2

WILFUL WASTE MAKES WOFUL WANT.

TO THE EDITQB. Sjs— rQn last Friday the night train from Eoxtnn wastne means qf run nitfg down two xqore head of cattle. One of thepoor beasts, when I went up to her,. wa,3 lying, with, all her. «jtitraila pr«»t ruding and— quivering m a lai'ge miss, one liind' leg 1 being' completely Y.vced off—a; horrible sight. 'Well knowing that did I interfere I would criminate my--self, but being nnabl* to: obtain my proper riast' through the agonising groans of the poor animal, I went m quest of Rymari, the man m charge of ,^hat paitipular portion of the iine, 'and "hi willin|ly canie with me; carr.ying a. lantern, to guide U3, and after a stab' or two piit the unfortunate victim out of its agony; I ag^in urge the settlors to earnestly consider this matter, and take some decisive 6te.psi against ijucli -unneoes's.ary, arIjitiaivy, Hnd of\p,ressiye. cruelty. If inquiries were made, m that most important matter the authorities would : arrive at the ■• large margin that exists foE the absence of these casualties by the drivers of the two/engines, while the loss of cattle tb^ the I strict must be considerable. Qne settler three miles from me ha,s lost six head for two years, myfelf three for ope yiear. f^ J again earnestly a3k the aid of all increpe^ling the black mail; imposed on a few settlers that becqinns sin I ©ppi«e3sionjana a diagi-aoe to the railways of Zealand— l am, &o. ■■■:. G-EOBGB:EICHAtoSOir.