THE CAMBRIDGE POUND.
Sir, — I appeal to you for information upon * matter which concerns all us settlers in thin district. It a Pound-keeptr allowed to make a pig-stye of the Public Pound? Setting aside hi§ right to do «o or not, the pigs render the pound thoroughly unfit for .cattle, as cattle would not eat even -the meagre allowance doled out. The ranger too becomes an injure 3 man, as it is all bat impossible to drive cattle into a yard where there are pigs. By answering this queition you will oblige. — Cambridge Settlbbs. Cambridge Oct. 21, 1575.' £We hare looked over the Impounding Act 1867, and Amendment Act of J874-, which tre silent on this particular matter. Clause Bof the Act of ISB7 provides that the, pound-keeper shall keep the pound clean and. in good order. Your proper course, if you .think there ia ground for dissatisfaction, is to complain to the Road Board which haa control 'O-w the pound ia Question. — Ed. W. T.
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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 536, 26 October 1875, Page 2
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166THE CAMBRIDGE POUND. Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 536, 26 October 1875, Page 2
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