THE LONG PADDOCK.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 74, 27 November 1913, Page 5

THE LONG PADDOCK.

A NUMBER OF ALLEGATIONS. A policeman's lot, we are told, is not a happy one. .Neither, one can believe, is that of a ranger. The i County Ranger came in for some rougii j knocks at the County Council meeting I yesterday. j RAXGER'S REPORT. The ranger reported: On 24th ult. I impounded one horse, on Cheal Road. On the 27th I was at Rowan, Alanaia. Rainier,'Hastings and Cheal Roads, and found one horse and eight Iml-, locks (released). On October 29th I was at' Waingongoro and Pembroke Roads, and found one horse and two •heifers i (released). On November \'2M • T impounded one cow from Radnor Road. On .November 3rd I was at Beaoonsiiold, Standish, Stanley, Croydon and Cross Roads and foAind' 'two horses and one cow (rereasod). Oh the 4th I was at Douglas, Huiroa and Wawiri Roads and found two horses (released). On the I.lth I got eight Iml- | locks on Cheal Road (released). On account of receiving instructions I paid attention to Huiroa and Wawiri Rolid during luontb. I made four trips there Vtyvjpc during the night)' but the roads were particularly clear. The Huiroa settler complained of at last meeting had kept his .stock in. This was confirmed by the' foreman, who is in a, position to know. In reference to a complaint regarding grazing on the road I went to Huiroa and Wawiri Roads and caught a cow belonging to this settler. As regards the other complaint: it appears that the settler was in the habit of leaving the gate of his paddock open and also the gate of his yard, so letting the cows go down the road to the paddock (some 200 yards away) as they were milked. If they loitered he dogged them •down. I have him to understand that he must stop the practice. There are only two people living on the road and the affair is explained by the fact that they are not altogether friendly. I find that this is the cause of many of the reports re wandering stock. ON KAHOTTRI ROAD. I A settler wrote that a herd of cows were regularly grazed on Kahouri Road from 1 to 8 a.m., and they did much damage to the road and the fences. The ranger knew the cows were being grazed. The owner of the cows attended the meeting and explained that his cows stood on the road during milking. The Council decided that they could do nothing for him and that he would have to stand any action taken against him. OX WAWIRI ROAD. Mr C. C. Bain, Toko, wrote: "You j might instruct your ranger to pay more attention to Wawiri Road. It does not seem any good for me to send him word about stock, and for weeks past cows and horses have been turned out on the road alter dark and are out all night. In my vicinity, especially, tilings are a« bad as ever. Cows are being turned out to graze in front of my place. I do not graze the road and 1 don't want the credit of doing so. There are now only two who turn slock" on the road—one runs a horse or a cow and the other up to eight or nine head."—Referred to the ranger.—The chairman said that if the ranger did not act promptly he should be called on to explain. PLAIN TALK.

Cr. Walter said there were a mim-

ber of complaints against the ranger. Thorn was a feeling that favoritism

was shown on the roads. If complaints came forward to the same extent in the future ho intended to move that tlie ranger's services he dispensed with.

Cr. Christoffel said he never saw the ranger in the South Ruling, I hough al any lime 1)0 could round up something lila fifty .straying cattle.