THE MAORI DOG NUISANCE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1915, 14 October 1884, Page 3

THE MAORI DOG NUISANCE.

<)i it Kilnkilii conespondent wiitcs •— T hoc that, in leply to Mi Hakuene, Ml RilLuiee sai I " tli.it the piopnety of 1 emitting the dog tax so f.u .is the M.urns weie concerned was undci eeiisidei.ition. ' It is to bo hoped the <io\eininent will not do so foolish .1 tiling as to iLimt the ta\ on Maoii dogs. When the com t came heie, the place was infested with those abominable cms, ;ind many \.iluable w ci e killed b> tlimn. Tliey weio ii luiisance to people ti.wolhng on hoiseb.ick until the town bo.ud posted ii]» notices lnfoiining the natives th.it they would li.ue to i>a> the t,t\. Then; was then .in exodus of the cms, and since tli.it time \ei\ few have been allowed to inn about. So destiuctne li.ue they been to some of the (locks of sheep along the fiontiei, that one 1,1111101 said he was afiaid he would be compelled to j.i\e up keeping sheep alto uoll'oi, he 1) \d lost 'o he.nilv by the de]nedatioiis of .M.jni do^s The fi.u ot being tilled upon to juy tin t.i\ induces the nati\( s to keep then dogs af- lioine, but if the lax is i emitted, the s U ttl"iuents will swaimwith them whenesei the n owncicome in, which is e>eij day. The dot's ,ue staned, and as a nece>saiy coMsequonci 1 must hunt foi then hviny, and sh(- ( ]i killniL, is the eisiest wav of getting food; but, miNiitun.ileh, when then hunger w satisfied, the desiie foi ' llling is nol, and tin v'-'i) on killing tioni sli(,ei iilea-meoi nn chief Home ieiu" entations shoulil be ni.ulo tooui nienibei, ie(|iies'ung him to ti y and stop such an act of toll} on the pait of the (!o\em,nent. Ifthetaxis lenntted, s^ttleis v, ill h.i\e to go m foi wholesale poisoning and shooting, in self defence.