QUARANTINE ACCOMMODATION.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 144, 12 March 1908, Page 2

QUARANTINE ACCOMMODATION.

A DENIAL 1 'AvPalW«fsJi<mi:N<)jrffif;^ Wessa'ge, publishod iil mimerous papors-'of the': , t tbat' tMessrs.'-, Slack Bros, complained- thfit/ owing to defco v.; at;"tlrtiQuarantine' 'Island v i; a" valuable imported '.Devon' ■ sow-, of ; theirs .lost' thirteen''of ;:-a T litter'Xef 'seventeen young ones, valued' at over '£50. V ' V ; " - ' I'hiS/. stateniVnt ' is: officially 'contradicted.'- ■: Mr.: .J.Drummond, the .port''.stoclc ;ofiicerj . .stated td 'a- v DojtiirtoN : representative yesterday that the sow; referred "to' I 'gave: birth to' o illy "five pigsyvotievof': which,\'wasfb'orn~diad; Tlie four 1 survivors'"werelall ' delivered to Messrs. Slack 'Bros.' with: the'- sow iatfchb. -' end ; : of,-,tho-' quarantine I ;period..\ , ''Another smaller; '-Devon' soiy, belonging > to:' the - 'same :. -.ownefs,-gavo birth',to thirteen Ipigs, of which ?■ ;one was sicUy? at 'birthVa&d-'died :fibon; afterr': wardSj and • twoV others" were '; . accidentally : ;-, killed by' tho sow; •' -The'surviving ; the; 1 four; from'.-the :other -'litteri.'-were - all . d&--' livered safely to the.owners. ■ The"sows--were'-. ;very heavy animals, Having been'overfWl dur-: "J ing the. voyage , from vliaigland, and, were ' therefore liable to' be' clumsy with, 1 their young.... Ml\';. Slack - visited- the island;' aridj : '. boyond,suggesting thei.fixingi of'al ledge-low: .down round \the ,'-stye, (which,, was .um'me-'; diately done) to provide; a".safe- retreat for. ; tho little ones, ■hb'qomplaint'.was ; Drumraond'was ;of opinibn' that'nothing more could, haVp been'(lone ;to safeguard •'the litters. '7: •Tho'f siekly: pig-;which"died>was\*poon-fed;by:v one,'-, of; the • attendant's Jfor: several days .'in 'an; '■ phdeavour' to"save.'its i.-v,r. have,,not ;yet. reeeived-:from..''Messr6. iSlack Bros: <)tbeir>'statement - of-'tlie''-matter; '