TUHIKARAMEA.

Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1113, 12 August 1879, Page 3

TUHIKARAMEA.

SETTLERS' DOGS AND BORGUGH REVENUE. August Bth, 1879. ThU Secretary of the Newcastle District Board, in his letter to the Waikato Times, of the 2nd inst., writes a9 though the whole of the pariah of lohikaramea were iniladed in that district ; bufc, so far from such being the case, only a 'imall portion of it is so included, and even that ought properly to belong to our Koad Board. As to oniea spent by the Newcastle Board in Tuhikaramea, X

believe the past year was the first in which any work has been done by that body in this parish, and what was expended then, was handed over to them by our Road Board out of monies obtained from Government, through the exertions of settlers in this district. A well-known resident here was mulcted in fine and costs to the tune of £1 3s 6d at the R.M. Court at Hamilton, on Tuesday last, simply because another man's dog chose to follow him on his way through that great Borough. The settlor in question, speaks in very high terms of the courteous treatment he received at the hands of the Resident Magistrats, but thinks, and I fancy with justice, that ifc is rather hard lines for a man to be fined in such a case. If the police stationed in Hamilton are to employ there time in watching for any unfortunate settler who may chanoe to pass through the town followed by a collarless dog, for the sake of increasing the revenue of the Borough Comicil, I think it would be only just that the cost of maintaining such officers should be borne by that body, the majority of local bodies here have not thought it advisable to bring the, Dog Act into force, and if settlers irom out districts cannot pass through HamiL ton^without being subject to treatment like this, they will endeavonr to come that way as little as possible, and although, in this instance, the funds ot the Council are slightly augmented, Hamilton tradesmen will find their receipts affected in a less pleasant manner. Suppose the Rangiaohia District was to bring the Act in force, would it be reasonable that all parties taking cattle dogs without collars to Ohaupo market should be summoned. — Oorrespondent.