THE DOG TAX.
TO the Editor. ' ir,—"Ratepayer and "Dog Tux 1\ cr's" letter appears very j>l;u 1 .~ihii ■, g'-ug your readers the impression 1' t the Collector lias been persecuted and therefore he pleads for consideration on the part of those t.liat pay the dog tax. There are two ways in which this iiateful business can he done, « n ,| if all are subjected to the same treatment from this servant of tne Council as I have been I do not wonder ai the universal objection not oniy to the unwarranted' high laximposed, lnit also from the manner that it has been demanded. I wid not ask you for space to give details of a eas;> that demands inquiry reiiitm' to a cattle dog owned by a gentleman in Auckland left in my charge who mav lane something to say about the maiter. tint beg lor space to state it was with great difficulty a scriou.4 breach of the peace was avoided at Vogellown on Wednesday evening, through ihc threatening language of the dog lax «1 uctor 'towards the writer.—l -am etc., JOHN iUVNOTT.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 16 February 1907, Page 2
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183THE DOG TAX. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 16 February 1907, Page 2
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