PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13108, 6 May 1908, Page 7

PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.

The comnattoP of the Society for the, Prevention of Cruelty.to Animate mot i last night, when Mr Parker presided. MOTIONS : 'OF OONDOOKCE.-": Mr Parker said that, Wore the j business of the meeting was proceeded wHih. ihe d«=irc<l to-propose votes of condoleau-e with the families of tlw>' la to Mr W. Prndbo© and Mi U. U. Stesd. The late :Mr Sbead bad always taken. » vory warm and practical interest iir the work of the Socaoty, and had been a vice-president for eoine time. By has decease they ..had lost a good friend. }Ir PTudfhoo hhd for many" years been a member of the committee, and had always by his attendance at the meetings'enowri 4 his'■.interest in the Society. Ho'-moved:— "That "I?hs .meeting desires; to place on record its"gra'teluli eippTecisi.tcon.of the long and faithful eco-riocs ' i\yn-cte-red to tfee Society, by the la*c Mx Wm. Ptrudhoe, who/ for the last .23 years safes' a member of the commitstee, and it begs to convoy to his widow-and family tihe heartfelt sympathy of the members of the Society in their cad bereavement" ; "That this Society, through the-lamented death of one of its vioe-preßid&nte, Mr Geo. G. Stead, has. lost a sincere sympathiser amd practical helper in tibe humane treatment of animals, and it desires to oxpreee its deepest sympathy with tho widow and Irehitives (in their Kid sudden berloa-vement." •Mr Field seconded tho motion, which was carried, .the members standing meanwhile. GENERAL. Mr Geo. Cormack wrote asking for a public apalogy in regaxd to tihe staiteniemt- rasule concerning ihie killijig of a horee. Tl* eccretary eaid that tihe Ju&tiees had stated that the police wore quite ric;ht in 'bringing the case. Tih© letter was received. Iti tho matter of tlbe case of a boundary dog between Burko's Pass and Lake Tokapo, a Large amount of correspondence- was road, tlhe outcome being tihat tho dog had been re* leased. f The report of the Inspeotor was read. He etatcd that Mr Kyle, in£ipcotor at the a'battoiTs, had offered his serrjc«?e as honorary veterinary surgeon, provided his department did not object. The Canterbury Sateyartfe Company Bad reported that it was not inteniclod to do anything in the direction of providin.2 shelter over tlto pig I>ens at the Addington ealeyojds. Hβ was of opinion that tho stunming pro-, cess ehoold bo made comjpulsory at all public abattoirs in tho Dominion. Tho report was received. The treasurer stated that there was a credit buiance of £15.

. It was rceolved tihxt SIx»J. C Prudhoe ehould bo osked xo become a member of the. committee.