The Waikato Times. TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1877.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 766, 15 May 1877, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1877.

Equal aifti-'extitet ySitvie to*all men, Of whatever sjtnto or.pera^asion/rcligi<'>us.oi% :> political ■U\, A : !>l':< ■. r \ i!Presr the •I'EdpLu'jj rigl.t muiiitain,\ x\ .-• ; .V- V and; unbribocl>by gain

Some time since thp waikato County Council doublecUthe tax upon dogs,, 'Raising it'front fiVe r tKJ/ten 1 sbil'lihgs>rj This, 1 vre- Mi3vV haV caus&Pcon&idefable ' rdisatigfactibk'' <\ TamSflgst farmex'S in the Waikato CpUnjty- . .di'stfibv.who 1 having ate dfeligedfqv; such purposes, to>,keep:ohe orMnore. dogs. t jGouncilloiVs Why te; t who'» was 'absent qfrom- ;th6 wheft 'tlie tax V( wa^J;-'double^ cfue'nfly ;gave iiotice bf tootioE for a return to the old scale of charge. 'At the Sattirdaiy it wjashovveveiV:discovered'.that! no resolution could be rescinded unless the whole; Council'vw6re present and aequoesed in the; change, .and -as Or Gall 1 was absent- the* matter ; Was ;postponed. 1•: ; , h& :>-n :, \ ' : Thatit wiiS \tlo ! hoW6VeiV ! is ;, of very- ? as v ho County Council- has the power ,of ,regiUlating, charffejd v for a dog ticket, whichrris #xed by the' Dog ;NaisancpActafc neither less noi' more. Iln.&he Counties Act there:as; no/ r.cferoncp j >vvha,tever Ito the dog. tax/,- but; irt ...the Financial Arrangements -Act, clause 23 provides that revenue u ivqm bf certain licehßesy aih'6ygit which; is mentioned' .a,' Ij^ense^j ['J\ dogs/' shall ;.b,e (J tOvjfeoroughs abd Gpuricils,'iandclause^24,provides that 1 " dog' liceillses- 'ishall'be in r force throughout the but in no place does the Act confer upon ciOtinties otv boraughs"f,the : power iof fixing-the amdunt'bf such license.' JLt simply., does. for Councils and boroughs'"what the' Highway Act 1,874 did for, Highway, .districts dn i: clause 82, which gave to trustees iof siich, districts the ; ptiWleges: enjoyed .)byi Dog Nuisance Act, 1854^distinctly stating that "it shall be lawiul iov the' Bbar'd' ! the df y^lie' said^Act."'. (Dog nuisance.. Apt,'. : .'lß.S>4).'t ■'Jlie ' (i .^Lgh-. -way-trustees were bound- ty clause, Dog'-nuisahceAct," • tlierfeaafc, five,shillings* anVljso ' in theii\ r turn^are' the Coiiuty (JcJuncil's/ 1 The-Finaricial Y Arrangements A , ot : giVes ,/ fhem7 the revenue ;dbfivaKle ;f froni !i n ' f ''alfer" t j 6 ( f such fees. That is {he Dog nifisaticAAct of. the Aucklfiinft .Frbvihcial/CotindiliMbfvJih force! in this., provincial district. ;We will r e,V|n. .g§"jß, ii fsSs ! furtHer 'ancl. r aiy lArrarigements Aot kato County ©ouhcil'to-re'cbiYethe fees,-, for dog. Ttickets, it, does hot . ( entitle thjepa,tp R cpJ[j[^ct^tjiesarhej^nor 'can; they legally do so until power-hatfJoedpidelega ted to them by the stands in reference to the i)og nuisance Act, dßs4j! inl; th'e'^sanjeYlight- the ' Subbrintehdentdid^before the -Abo- / litibni of Provinces' Act came into c .i;<.!.Ul(:-;?tl .?.:tiVO!U>.- ...,T. •.-; :' force. ... .-

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Eunciman, Inspector of Sheep for the Four Counties—"Waikato,, >Vajp&, r Eag^an, ; and Piako—has just made up* his" returns of jthe number, .of 'sheep : :i m J - his district 1 . 1 . They ;—Ewes, 51,1^8; ~wmp$ H \9so4y,', .lambs/- j <28,385 : total, $9,137 L". These'are kept upon 1,135 runs or. holdings, and mostly in the Waikato and Waipa Counties, where, tlie numbers, are very nearly "equal,. Waipa having, rather the more of bhe two. ,

.— —■ » •■■■•■•-.-'• ■'• ' j THE S PAP^p^E'OF ; TE. PA-TL

We are glad to that the Go vei'nmenL are about to adopt the suggestion made by this journal, at the time of' the capture of Te Pati, that those settlers who were.actively instrumenta} in'pre\jentiiig bis escape to the King country, should .receive some substantial recognition of their 'services]. _ \ ■■>■<? '■<',;; •;;.,■ ■■ ■ • .^Thie 1 ftliowiug lettei: : has been handed to us for publication : '■ Resident Magistrate's Officej ;,; Alexandra' February 22/1877. , Sir,-rl,desire, to place on record, my appreciation =of the valuable assistance rendered .by Sergejmt: Higtiuson and Trooper No'rgrove, of your Corps, towards the capture of the escaped prisoner land murHerer-Pati,- on the 21st inst. '•" Higginsonwaa the first man 'who'volunteered his sendees, and, with Constable Conu'ell, pioceeded to Heather's Creek - Badge, and remained there all night. . > . Trooper Ityrgrove, .1 sent (at the Sergeauts bUggeßtiou) to Livingston's Farm, iVni htj, with Constable Kirk,' had the yobd fortune to make the capture. I aminstructed-that it. is the intention of the." Government to mak?a'.', substantial acknowledgement' of Korgroye'a services, be glad to 'liear *o£a like

rrcognitkm of tho services reudered by Hugins n.' ... I hare tho honor to he, Sir, } Yviir ro >at obedient servant - -, (Mjno.l) VFm Maib, Ivysident '■j.. Major Jackson, .£. : -_' J;,. Ooinm unling Te AwamnfifVoiuiiteer /, Cavalry, To Awumu'tu. ;/^; There are few, we ttimk,- £ut;will, endorse the opinion ancTvliope expressed in the last paragraph of the above letter. Trooper .Nprgrove to bo, .sent Constable Kirk to the pn£s" at" Livingston's, and if Sergt Higgi'n.-, son was posted at Heather's (Creek ''Bndgp7it"""was no fault of His~ltnac Te Pati did not come, that way.. He was the first civilian to offer his services in the emergency/ and Hf 'it had been •' his chance to have -been with '''Constable 1 Kirk, instead of where he- was,' wouldy to a certainty, have acted with spirit and | luck. The .'fact that/he -Was the first to offer to act 'in' the > x emergency, ! must not be ; forgotten, and, but that he and Connor enabled Major Mair to provide.' for; the passage by Heather's; creek, , where , would the men* have been -.to.send: to . Both Higginson and though members j o£ the ! Te *Aw,amutu -Cavaly troops are 1 civilians, and both are deserving of tlianks .and. substantial reward from the (jroveriiment.