POLICE AND CATTLE.
CTO THE EDITOR OP THE SOTTTHLAITD TIMES). Sib, — A letter in your Friday's issue signed "Argus" is so palpably absurd, that I, who have not troubled the newspapers before, will do so now. The police have been very neglectful of their duty too long — cattle at the eastern end of the town are a dangerous nuisance. Only the other evening a married lady coming home alone from I hearing Mr Earl, the night being dark, in crossing from Esk-street, came so close to a cow or bullock that its hot breath was felfc close to her face. A strong-hearted man would probably have felt his nerves shaken, what then must have been the effect on a delicate, female may be better imagined than described, if it had proved fatal, and a family had become bereaved of a loving parent, who would have had to suffer. Nofc the police or the infallible " Argus," although I question whether the Government might not be made liable in an action for damages for not instructing the police to do their duty. " I am, &c, "Well Done. March 27th.
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Southland Times, Issue 927, 3 April 1868, Page 3
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187POLICE AND CATTLE. Southland Times, Issue 927, 3 April 1868, Page 3
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