A GRIEVANCE.
TO THE EDITOR. Sin,— While recognising the principle that country settlers should give and take aa far aa possible, there is a limit beyond which human endurance cannot go, and I think my own case has reached this. Living near Whatawhata, I have been able for 13 years to keep pigs upon the Tun, but for two years past, my neighbour, Mr Foxall, has compelled me to clear my pigs and geese off, owing to their straying on to his land, but now myneighbour keeps pigs himself on the run, and this season they have broken into my crops, and destryed my mangolds. When I spoke to Mr Foxall about it, he tells me to do my worst, knowing that I am a poor man and not able to go to law with him. What am I to do ? I have lived in Whatawhata for 15 years, and worked hard for a living, but if I cannot get some remedy, I-will have to leave my land, for, as it is, the work of a year is gone in a few nights with the pigs. Trusting that in the interests of fair play, you will put in these few lines. — I am., &c, John McCutchion, Whatawhata, April 11.
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Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1371, 14 April 1881, Page 3
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209A GRIEVANCE. Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1371, 14 April 1881, Page 3
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