Stock droving nuisance
Sir, The residents of South Dunedin have a grievance against the City Corporation in the fact that it allows cattle to be driven through Macandrew road, which is 25 feet wide, to the Burnside saleyards. That the practice is dangerous is shown by the fact that there are three public schools and a large Roman Catholic church in the street, and I have noticed when the congregation comes out from early Mass at the church the cattle cause the people to scatter in all directions. I should like to know why the City Corporation should authorise the stock owners to drive cattle through this narrow street, when Bridgeman street, 60ft in width, with the railway embankment on one side, and a few houses on the other, is available.
Better still, why not keep on the main road and from thence to the Belt? If the drovers were licensed, each licence bearing a number, and the number being shown on the saddle cloth, we should know whom to prosecute for such damage to fences as has been suffered by many, including myself. — I am, etc, J. Downey — ODT, 16.2.1921.