BREEDERS' PROTEST.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 172, 23 July 1928, Page 9

BREEDERS' PROTEST.

• FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. RELAXATION OF REGULATIONS DIRECTOR-G EXERAL'S R E PLY. ! rhe protest made by tile Dairy BreedFederation in respect to the relaxation j of the regulations against the importation of .niimals from count lie- infected V- itli foot nni! month di-ea-e. ha- resulted in the following h-tier bei-r.g ie-r-eived foil! tile Director-l .enera 1 ■jf Agriculture. Mr. ("'. .T. Reakes;— | "1 licite tlie member- of v our federa -1 itioii are strongly ..|,|.,.-ed to anv re-j taxation of tlie present regulations ill it he direction of permitting the im porta-! tiori oi stock from countries where fo.-tj ami mouth disea-er e\;-i- The position of -he disease in the Old I "linirv iusti how i- more s,-i i i-factory. vv..rd haviugj iU -1 1 teen received that no outbreaks I occurred during .Tune. >•■ .• • ■ n i.a-.i |however. been reached on tlie subject of! ;relaxing the regulations, and your a l -..-j elation may rest n--m-ed tliat the mat -! t'>r i» receiving the tnost car;ie-r con-; sideration from all points of view. In j this \ oil i- as-ocia r iim'- repi cseetat ions I will be given full emi-idei at ion."