DOG POISONING AT KIHIKIHI.

Waikato Times, Volume IX, Issue 510, 26 August 1875, Page 2

DOG POISONING AT KIHIKIHI.

Rib,— ln your issue of 29>h ulfc. " Vindex" sUtrg that your Kibikihi correspondent said in Court c(iB M between the two races, the Maori is always favoured, whi-h i» constitutionally connected with 1 Sugar policy." " Vindex" everts considerably from in* facts. It wit proven that the Maori cams off land adjoining wnrre poison was laid for dogs, went to Mr Hastie'i about the hour of dinner, whore he received lunch, and, moreor r, bis dog licked up the crumbs. After due cnsicleration, the public must think that a most " arbitrary and unjustifiable act. Af.er lea-nin?^ that the dog waBw a8 suppoaed to have killed 15 sheep on the adjoining farm, the native went to his destination, where the dog died, with j black on the belly, that being one of the si^na of poisoa. Mnjor Mair considered th 9 case proven, and awarded £5 and costs. Noir, "Vindex" truly states I hut Maoris are the beet lawyers ;'l don't expect •« Vindex" is a sheep— owner, but should he cross the boundary to see nntire lands, I trust he will not fetter Iho return of a«» tiers' cattle, which seem to weary Government ofll-era so much. With regard to the dog damaging defendant's sheep, he siiJ to the best of his belief the dog wm the same, and being a largQ white do», was easily detected, which no ode hid any doubts of. Mr Goo ifellow, being a sheep farmer, was anxious to learn the merits of the casp, and his pusiiion duly entitled him to a seat on the bench, but unf jrturj»U*ly his judgment disagreed wi h the decisi -n. Mr Corboj'a horses were tak^n through Mr K»y'a gates in the nighi", but after the Maoris get'ing a handsome reward offered for their recovery, they immediately fetched them back. "Vindex" insinuates that bo long as frontier settlers make a convenience of Native lands by driving their »tock on them wh-»n feed is short in their own paddocks, they must not be surprised at an occasional act of rep.isil. It is uncorrect. Maori bulls uorne in a-id breik settlers fences down, and decoy cattle out. When the Maoris see cuttle on. Foal's 1-ind they drire them away. Settlers here decline adoptiDg the take and give s stem whicn Major Mair referred to on the Bench. Settlers think it would be more likely to plunge the Co'ony into war thin even the recovery of settlcra' cattle. Mhj ir ilviir has returned defendant psrt of the expens s, and charged the native, whio i I think a very m*>nt jri >m act. Mr Hi*tie hands the saoie over for a prize to be awardei at the forthcorninj? To Awamuta Cnttl«Show, for the largeit human ass. — I aua, &:., LiW"T«a.