CORRESPONDENCE.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1279, 20 February 1883, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

Wc do not hold oumelvea responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents]. — ... TO THE EDITOR. —Some time since I acquhed some proChilders Road, known as Nos. 60 and 61 of the Borough Reserves. I complied with the conditions, and fenced it in with a good substantial seven-wired fence, with straining-posts and every addenda in order to make it thoroughly complete and proof. Much to my astonishment without any previous notification, the fence so erected by me was thrown down, and the cattle and horses I had enclosed allowed to stray in and about the neighboring thoroughfares. 1 was treated with so little courtesy in this matter that the first intimation I received of this change (made without my knowledge and consent) was from Mr Wilkinson, on the day following, when passing him working in Disraeli street; in fact, had t not then learnt of the alteration made, I might have remained in ignorance of the matter until this date—or learning from some other source. I then immediately remonstrated with Mr Wilkinson, and asked how it occurred that they had altered a defined boundary line without giving me due notice. In the shifting of the fence the trees I had planted were also removed, and these trees now are dead, and in the re-erection of the fence so little oare has been shown, or ordinary precaution taken, that the wires which had been properly strained and effective were completely useless owing to the very careless manner in which the fence has been re-placed. Of course a wire fence once dismantled would need most particularly to be re-strained, but in this no such effort was made, the consequence is that my cattle stray, and two of my young calves were duly impounded by our very active Borough Ranger who takes the opportunity of displaying his extra zeal on Sunday morning when his usual occupation of a carpenter, etc., does not interfere. —Yours, etc., E. Gruner.