STOCK EMBARGO.

Auckland Star, 2 September 1933, Page 12

STOCK EMBARGO.

OPPOSITION TO REMOVAL MORE INFORMATION SOUGHT. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) HAMILTON, this day. Alarm at the persistent agitation for the lifting of the embargo on the importation of stock from countries where foot-and-mouth disease ie prevalent, either sporadically or otherwise, was expressed at a meeting of the Wai' kato sub-provincia.l executive of the Facers' Union yesterday. A resolution was passed whole-heartedly supporting the Dairy Breeds' Federation in its efforts to protect the dairy herds of the Dominion from the scourge. Mr. J. H. Furniss questioned the wisdom of following the advice of the Governor-General on the matter, and said that once the disease was transmitted to New Zealand it would never be stamped out. The fact that the disease had developed in America in stock from England gave the lie direct to the contention that the regulations in England were too strict for the disease to be carried out of the country. Mr. M. E. Marplee expressed the view that very much more information must be made available before any support could be given to the proposal to raise the embargo. It was decided to obtain information on the symptoms, effects, and incidence of the disease from the British Farmere' Union and the British Board of Agriculture.