GOVERNMENT AID FOR FARMERS
LOSS THROUGH ECZEMA AMONG STOCK SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS TO CONTINUE (press association telegram.) WELLINGTON, June 2. In accordance with the practice in the case of severe floods or other major disasters, the Government will, the Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage) indicated to-day, assist farmers who otherwise would be unable to carry on because of loss through facial eczema in their stock. Arrangements are being made for the supply of appropriate application forms to be available in the Department of Agriculture offices at Wellington and Hamilton. An inspector will call and discuss the position with the applicant and make a report, so that the Government may be able to determine without delay the measure of assistance necessary. A small committee, consisting of an officer of the Treasury Department, an officer of the Department of Agriculture, and a farmers’, representative, is being set up to consider the applications when received, together with departmental reports, and the committee’s recommendations. Will be forwarded to the Government for consideration. Mr Savage also said that departmental investigations into the cause and the steps necessary to prevent a recurrence of the disease would con-
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22418, 3 June 1938, Page 14
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