VETERINARY SURGEON FOR MANAWATU.
'Several.farmers, in conversation with our Mauawatu representative, have pointed but the need of an. additional veterinary,surgeon for tho' district, and some intimated that there should -bo>no difficulty, in securing; tho services of a Government veterinarian when required. ... '"'. ~..'. In our local veterinarian, Mr. Owen, wo havo a man of high.qualifications, hut unfortunately, .'owing .to the widei area he Jias .to Cover, his services are in great demand, and iii some cases farmers have had to fall hack' s upon their own resources in the treatment of stock. A few years ago, when Mr. Burton,who is-.now- in the Government servico,,.was ; operating in this district under-an arrnnge- ' ment with the farmers through the Union; he was-so poorly supported, and had to travel such long distances that there.were times when his earnings-hardly paid for the petrol of his motor cycle., ' . .-.,-;
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 82, 31 December 1907, Page 2
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140VETERINARY SURGEON FOR MANAWATU. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 82, 31 December 1907, Page 2
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