TUHIKARAMEA. August 15, 1876

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 666, 26 August 1876, Page 3

TUHIKARAMEA. August 15, 1876

TnifTTutricfc aeetn* to be programing and and improving verr fait, although labouring an^cr di«<W«nt*<rct ai regard* communx t ion with nny towrghip in the WaiVato, the ao-called rondu Wing something awful« almott unpnaaabte on foot, unle • we prefer wariing or »wimraing to walking drr ihod ; hat, by-the oye, there •re no roade on*ne<l, for even the common traett ar« ta>ongh ploughed ground or ihrotigh fa«« pa-Mo ka. Go whce we will, *c cannot viait our neiehbourt without tretpiHMng | to muoh for the generous road Board, lust year w» bein? aaie4*Ad for nearlr half of th« area ri th« Mnnjaniko Di«trirt. Li«t Tour's ritea, I believe, amounted to L 712 16* lid, and our parinh extent*! orer n Urge arra, and not even a main rn«d i« oprnoil. Fo** our aha<*e a'l w» recrired was about LOU. It ii no wonder t'>rn fiat Tuhiknrnmeii people are grUijMin. and d>iisti»fled with (he worki of (he Di* trict Board. Some while baok a movement wat made for separif i n, to a* ti have the Mang<ipiko Ri»er the boundary, and we einect»d that it would b« brought forward at the late annual mreting, but. at it wat not advert i<ed among the butineti it wat not p« mitt* d to he brought forward, find •t » counter petition wan forwarded to the Superintendent, postponing the division until after the annual meeting, no* a aoul in Tuhikaratnea meantime knowing that 4 counter petition hnd been tent, for it wa« not adverted, ft rertainlv do^t look at if there hid been tome anderh n<) work. So another petition ha* been lattly forWaVdcd to hare the dirinion at Htatlier*' Creak, ' but I htva not jet hn*rd the result, but tmtt that tn» aettVra #ill not rest tntixflel until there be a divition. I noticed in yonr iuu« of the Bfh a letter tigned Carlot, tatt boonrible in atti&ing Ual«p»y«r, ndrieing Rate* payer, if he had wit, to let the sleeping dog lie. |Tow, tir, I ehould adviie Oarlot not to »ay too much, for hit lettor it eertainlji nafileadinj and ptrtialty untrue. ifit he. atatet : < The reason that Ihe yTttepayafreJMteJ (h4-*wo other Jfe«hin»<P Mri j^tbiii^tatt.in tke {aUSoard

[ bear something more »> icing oat of thin. Ira ready for him." lhe ttituftss here I iefi ih« box nnd thoCuurt in »u excittd I state. James Graham, c'f-rk for Mr McDonald gxve corroborative evidei>oa 01 tbe pre- : v» fm^ odour of the matter plaoed oa Mr 1 Woods' paddock. Joseph Petty, a la* ourer employe 1 by Mr Wood, deposed to carting the manure in question from the iliu^ht«r-yard. Tb«r« were perhaps one or two «fa««pts' feet amongst it and «nJ aa odd bone or two. The bl<wd of the animate killed there w t i preriously removed Tbero were no «n*;iatl« awongjt tho manure. There w.« a little bb d iv one loai only. It suaolt » little when I took it away, but aotbing extraordinary. Mr Woud h*« «ot spoken to me je-.tord»y or tbe day before in reference tj the c«*»«. Cross examined — The smell was not ) itverful enough to knock me down. It would ttot knock Mr White down unless he was very weak. There we.* blood in oue load only, and then in only as much •tuff as I o-mld gather «p in a shovel ; it had ran out of on* carn«r of the slaugb- ' Ur-h<use. ThiH concluded the oase for the prosecution. John Wood, sworn, stated— l did not authorise Petty to cart any animal matter into my paddock. I* authorised him to: cart manure there. -I first saw tbe msAure on the 21st. I saw no animal remains in it ; there w««> none, tic/ c • I examined it carefully. 1 hare receded no notice of baring created a nuisance from either. Mr Macdonald or Brown. The manure' consisted of stable manure and the manure oat of tho stomachs of the cattUrslaaghtered. I have Uo bouses let on the same acre wheie the manur« : wti spread : Mr Low lives in one and Mr McLarnon in another. I always give the ©ff>l to the pigs as soon as the cattle are killed ; my slaughter houte is the cleanest in tbe province. Cross fxwnined— l can swear there is no animal matter to my knowledge in the manure caited. Ther^ might bo a ttain of blood escape into the manure ; it it just possible. I swtar thera is not more than a pint of blood in all tbe manure carted. Tbe yard is emptied about four times a year. I usually give notice to the police when I remove it became I have enemies beoifle me who would cut mj throat. Mr McDonald always complains when I remove it. Ido not gi\e notice because I consider the matter offensive ; it is beneficial to health. Dootors at borne paid us to allow patient • to sit in the slaughter-house and inhale the gas. Newmarket escaped tbe measles thmugh hiving a slaughter-house in it* midst. The minure do ■• not stink ; it might smell a little. I corsi.'er the smell a pleasant one. You can't smell it \t all in ihi field vi lees you kick it. If Uft in heap", and spread out on a rainy day, it won't smell at all. John Low, sworn, stated— He lived in one of the houses on the field iv question, within 20 yarf's of the ra%nu>e. The manure is just the common manure o : the yard. I m* no aotmal matter in it.; it had not a pl**s.int unell ; it was not calculated to injure my health. Crow-examined- 1 observed blood on the bottom of the dray that for oj,. lit the manure. I cannot *»y where it oame from ; I did not think it wai p >rt of the manure. The smell whs nut offensive, 't was a bad smell ceit<inly ; worse the fi>st day, Friday, but it died out by Monday. Ib* amell is n^ar-r like that t.f stockyard manure than anything else. I hare many tinvs smelt matiur» m »re ■iffenflire carted f>om the city if £dinhurgh iuto the country. I could not swear there wan not animal matter i,j it. Pc exam ncd — I lived witl in 20 yards of it, nnd saw no animal matter in it. lo the Court— l did not examine it attentively. H rly<l», a boy late in the employ of defendant, tUted the offal wa» always cleared aw»y at rnce and given to tbe mga; the manure was put into the yard f.ir the u^e of the land. W« never put any animal remains on tbe land. Cro*s examined — Tbe drainage went into tho manure yard — not blood, but the water with which the inmde of the cattle wan washed. An odd cheep's foot mar have got into the manure. I *w»ar 1 put no animal manure into the pit iv October last. John Low, jun, gave evidenoe similar to hii father. John Dixon, butcher — I saw thf manure complained of. i thought it was niuhtsoil or lotnething not particularly offensive. I saw no auimal matter among it. John Steadman, bricklayer, residing in Hamilton East, testified ! •> having a pretty middling g«od nose. He puaed the «lauthter-yard every day, bat never soielt anything offensive ; bad visited the field complained of that dny, examined th« manure, and saw no animal remains in it. Thi« ended the c«e for the dtfenoe. After n few minutes consideration, the Court stated it was of opinion, from the evidence throughout, that the manure cot t lined animal matter, and was offensive. Defendant bad been gulty of the Rural Pol cs Act, and as tlie cff-nc* was tbe second < f the kind, he ahenld fine defendant the full penalty of £5 and costs. Bow, wow, wow! Constable Brown changed J»m« MrP/>< raon with having a dog at large with* out a dog ticket. Defsnd'int pleaded not guilty. John Brown deponed that on the 9th inst-nt Cuptain McPberson'a dog was Ht large in G ey-atreer, Hamilton Eiwt, without a dog tickei f<>r the current year attncUed ta it. He ashrd defendant to register the dog but he drc ined to do so, a* he would rather hare the cut trird. Defendant coji-examined witne s with tbe object of showing tbe prosecution w*s a malicious practical joke 1 he ense occup'ed »oreral hours of the publio ti • c in hearins, but was capable of eipUnatinn in a few minutes, as it appeared that the dog undoubtedly bolonged to defendant, who reaidns beyond the limits of the Hamilton Ea«t Town Board. The dog aud his inns' er spending the mo*t of 'h ir time hy dny in Hiinul ton West, and Captain McPlenon doubtless bdievnif the jealousy existing between the l*o townships extended even to the dogs of each one thereof, and thnt it might go hard perhaps with bis dor among those of Hamilton West to neir the Hamilton Fast collar, elected between the time of his being sp- kon f ' on the 9th and the iasue of the lummnm to register bis dog with the Hamilton W t Town Board. This ho did and paid the money, but the Hamilton West Chairman hiving no Hog collars, the hero of th* ction bad to wear hit last year's badge. Under t bese circumstances the ca»e Was dismissed.