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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 5, Issue 270, 28 November 1861, Page 2

jitfiis date inclusive,; in* pccorJ»jiice in* ' received 'Colontal 1 iJecretar}'. from ■' the Militia enrolled for active ser * vice, will not be required to attend Parade tiirfrirtiier orders. 3 —Major Cooper thunks •' the ' Officers, N. C. Officers, and Privates generally for llieir williiig ' a ttefition ; -1 o' orders during the timehejias comfnatydied them. A m hiumtToii \v it 1 iitHssiied application to Major Dime on' Thursdays, between 10 and’ 12. o’clock at' : the' Militfa tOffifee. : \,Capt. Durie will act as //djutant Paymaster of the Militia from this dater inclusive,'- vice-Pay-master Broughton- wbo ! has * resigned the appointment.. 1 ; - Monthly returns, df Parades, ■ arms, «£*c. will be addressed to. the officer commanding the Militia! ■ - Militia and Volunteer Memo,

Wanganui, 2i»aVNoV/ ; 1861 - TjfTNDER the inipressioii-- that Ilis ExoelU le.ncy the Administrator ■ iSf' the Government lias ‘/handed- over 1 tlieNative Department ami ruleW*the Mllitiaii and-Volun-teer Corps to- hisuNlinisters. Tl/ajor Cooper lias serif in his -iesignatioiiv*'being unwilling ■■■.to:-; orders from .Mn Fox, under whom lie believes i\a. officer., can. liohl a commission and retain any political independencei ~or 4 s:ny,;Militiii Force remain efficient.,i Major ’ CoOper be'gs ’to thank the officers, 'N. C. officers,.and privates of the Waugaupi, Jjucal,,,Forces,, for .the, general support offered him.-,cluripg.nearly 2 years, ami for the attention They have/paid to Rifle instruction, resulting iii their having proved themselves life best; marksmen of the New Zealand Local Forces; ; • A/.ijor Couper - hopes l the volunteers will continue their Rifle .practice,./JjTe/ believes their independence as- regards-tlie- Natives will depend eventually on themselves. NOTICE. To Sheeps , in the Wan:>ganui,.Tiirakina and Jiang itiki • '-'districts* • ‘PjHES.;' , Own6rs of - which have beeii for some time infected with Scab,,who lmve not diligently- used means for curing itthereby infecting their -neighbouiV flocks,--A re hereby warned. That if their sheep are not found clean, & branded according to regulation,' at the inspections in March & April next; they will be fined in accordance with the Act of the Provincial Council qf Wellington - Session ■ 1. No. 20 Clauses 4 and ; 5 ; which are as follows:—.,. , f .4‘ 'that if any person' himself, or by. means of aiiy dne under his control, shall turn-out; keep;-:or depicture any- sheep or hi mbs infected with either of the said diseases, xm any-land intersected or crossed by anj public road,audshallomit to affix a notice of the existence of such infection, in some conspicuous place at each ami of shell public road where it-intersects such land, or to renew or ' replace such notice as often as need be'during- the time of the existence of such infection, lie shall be liable to a penalty of not less -iliau Two Pounds. i

5. Fnun.ami after the first of June, in the year--of oUr Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, all. isheep and lambs above ■ the age of, six months,'; within the Proviiu-e-of .VVellingUm, shall beJiranded on the; Wool thereof withthe brand of the owner ; and every owner of any such sheep or ; ; Jambs not. being so. ; :l'rand’eil/ shall be liable to j». penalty udf exceeding pounds*: and if,the said sheep, or lantbs: not being so branded shall exceed four hundred in number, such owner shall. be liable to d furlhe,r penalty of not less than three pence, nor moreflian six pence, ; for every such sheep or lambviiot being branded as atoresaid. And all persons having scabbed sheep are hereby; informed that in : case of infectjbii being communicated to., otherJ flocks, they are liable for ' damages in accordance with Section 14 of the same Act, whidh: declares : 14...Nothing;in this >fct.-'shall be con* strued to 1 , limit or ‘"deprive any-person si|f- 4 fering loss or damage from.; the driving, depasturing, or suffering to stray, of any such infected'sheep or lambs as aforesaid, of any. action or remedy which lie may .have at la dr otherwise for obtaining: redress or compensation for sucli loss or damage, from the person liable thereto; , The inspector, also calls the attention of 5 Sheep. Farmers to the following Glauses of the Act of the Provincial. ‘'Council of Wellington, Session IV. No 8 defining the duties of Sheep Inspectors.; Clause 5. It shall be the duiytof the Inspector whenever it shall be rejioVted to him that Sheep infected'with Scab or other contagious or infeitious disease are being driven into or through his district' to take immediate steps' to stay the entry into or further progress through his'district of. s'licli. sheep, and for that purpose not .only to lay information of such the law before, the nearest Justice of butto give notice, to. ilia pei'son i'ljj of such sheep'to. return, and .in case'of non* compliance by the driver to return immediately to the place from, whence lie started to detain such Sheep oF. to' employ such drivers anil other assist as he the Inspector may' think sufficient"toL take back. such Sheep to the place whence they started.’, ‘ , ...... Qlause 10. The . terpi “ Stosou” shall include dot* only "tlfe Statidns held