RANGER FOR TUAPEKA DEPASTURING DISTRICT.

Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 25, 1 August 1868, Page 3

RANGER FOR TUAPEKA DEPASTURING DISTRICT.

DISTRICT.; ! fib the Editor of ihe TwpeJta Timisi) ' Sib,—Being present at .a. meetinjp^of cattle owners held at the Victoria Hotel on} Friday, the 24th ultimo, I heard 'a very important questino asked, it was, "^Whether would the proposed Ranger be appointed by the. Warden, or by the cattle owners V 1 Now I decidedly am of opinion that it would be well to'harjft the opinion of cattle owners ,^pon this pV>int. I also think that a cattle owner, qr an/ person intimately associated with cattl* owners, should not receive the appoint- - meht if it be decided that such'a person is necessary, and if necesaary, and more than one candidate comes into the field, then let them be voted foe jn the usual —lam, &c^, v /- ! jiamuat Umys Jn^r ••> I**,

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