PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14349, 8 May 1912, Page 5

PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.

t A meeting of the Christehureh IJrauch ! ol the Society tor the Prevention oi I Cruelty to Animals was hold last oven- t iitK. Mr T. C Field occupied the' chair, an<l there were also present — Mesdames Cross and Morrow. Dr. C. .). llussell. and Messrs J. Spiller. D. B. McLaren. "W. H. Trustum, and W. Jl. Zoueh (inspector). TJih resignation of Mr I*. A. Blank, in (onsequenee of his departure from Cliristchurch was accented with ro-B«-ct. The report ol the society's inspector, Mr W. li. Zouch, stated that sine;- tho lust meeting he, had visited Hornby, Marshlands, Bromley, Lyttelton. New Uiightou and Suinner, and had in- I sppcted the rairious saleyards in the city and at A'kliujjton Stock Markei. each week His time, however, hud j been chiefly occupied in removing »i> 5 ihe Society's now homo and o|fice in ' Mn-ntreal strvet. A number of cautions liad liecu administered to imu who had ■ill-treatod hoi>es. and four horses liad been destroyed. Four casts had been investigated, three iiorso» and t/>n doys had been admitted to. tlio ! anisnals" home, nnd two horsos and on-> | do;; had boon destroyed. Ho was-of! opinion,thnt in order to make the home ! a .success it should be mode open to j any (|U:»liii«:d vctorinary .surycon to len:«e one or two stalls and dof; boxes when required, terms to be iixed by committee. A donation of 1:"'O w«s received from Miv Townend. aii'l a hearty vote o! j thanks was accorded her. ; A lejia! dociunent. drawn up by; I).mean, C.'otterill. and Striny;<"a-. | containing the opinion of the Society as io further legislation to restrict or prohibit the use of .pen rifles, was ioad. and it was decided to write to the j Minister for Internal Affairs to amend i the law relating to the use of rifles'of a i iir.allfTi- calibre than .303. so as to allow ! (ii the c«iiii*"cation ol" such weapons | found isi the 1 nsscssion of boy*. The j report w.is adopted. TJre financial statement »howe<l a debit balnce of £21 Us 3d.