ANTI-PILLAGE DOGS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 232, 2 October 1933, Page 8

ANTI-PILLAGE DOGS.

GUARDIANS OF CARGO.

ASSISTANCE TO POLICE.

As the representative in Xew Zealand of the Port of London Authority, Captain A. W. Pearse, an Australian, who returned by the Monowai to-day, was interested 'in work done in the different ports. Pillage of cargo at several ports, he said, -was being prevented in rather a unique way. Dogs of an Airedale, bulldog and Dalmatian cross were being used. These were trained to knock a man down and to assist the police. They could climb any staircase, 'and as an example of their work, they could examine a warehouse floor while the policeman remained below. That meant that a large body of policemen could be released for duty elsewhere. The port of London was unique, he saidj in that everything was done for merchants H the docks, and nothing had to be remold or any duty paid until goods were sold. The trade of the port was increasing yearly, one reason being that large numbers of factories were being built in the valley of the Thames. The number built last year was 218.