QUARANTINE NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 214, 3 June 1908, Page 3

QUARANTINE NOTES.

y? STOCK RELEASED. ■ Two straight-haired Berkshire boars and two sows, imported from England, were released from quarantine last Friday for Mr., C. A. .Whitmore ■ Monckton, of Glenorchy,' Feilding; also, for the same owner, a brindle and' white bulldog and two dachshunds, all imported from England. ■ Next Tuesday there will bo .released three shorthorn bulls from tho Sydney llgyal Show, imported by Messrs. Dalzell Bros., of iluntfr-, villc, and a Hereford bull,. also from the Roya. Show, 'imported by Mr. G. F! Moore, of Kni-lwi.' ? \ '■ A DOG STOBY. . | 'There is an affectionate bright little black spaniel dog on tho quarantine island open to accept a new owner. The present owner is Mr. G. P. Wright,-of Wellington, who had it sent over to him from Tasmania. By some irror of judgment, instead of being shipped, 'aboard, an inter-colonial steamer, the dog' ■'was sent by one of tho ocean-going steamers, i with the result that on arrival here lie had ■ to be quarantined for six months. This in- ' voire"; an expense which Mr. VVhight has not reckoned on, and as he is himself returning to Australia on Friday next, it has' beon ougjjestcd that instead of being quarantined on the island the animal should bo sent direct to tho training ■ ship Amokura as a pet for the boys there. Tho' quarantine .expenses, fori i six months would bo about £o 1 0s