HORSES PROHIBITED.
AN AiTUTAKI REGULATION. ■ vMr.- C.-"A I .' Griffiths, ;a- Wellington busi•riess man, who. returned fronvßarotonga -last week;' gave a 'Dominion representative; news of what appears to bo a queer phase, of existing- conditions on the island of Aitiitaki. ; y : v No horses, says Mr. are permitted S.on the, island'ibecause.ut. is con- : that ; they';would .. stray:: and eat .and'i otherwise,.: damage.;;. the:-: > ;r..;A;: rosult is .. that', everything 'in the .iyay,>.of. -bauling ; aiidl conveying.'has to be. done by . manual, labour, ' and . that does not help to cheapen the fruit, much of; whioli-is. exported; to : New''Zealand. 1 . :'4,'What > struck ; -Mr;V Griffiths as being I'curibusvwas that' horses were 'not perjnitted.oii -thejislandj- and. fenced in, as ' is-dohQ'iniother'.'praces. '.'vHowever, .the point -.which ..roo'sfc concerns . New Zealand is > that ;:the.i prohibition' <of horse»J»#wiß:'hdpin'g,;to!ffla^:fndt')deam..,
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 948, 15 October 1910, Page 8
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126HORSES PROHIBITED. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 948, 15 October 1910, Page 8
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