POULTRY RUNS

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 35, 4 November 1933, Page 8

POULTRY RUNS

Registration Proposal BILL UNDER NEW NAME With the exception of an alteration in the name of the measure, tin amendment to the clause defining the functions of the proposed Poultry Board, and the inclusion of a hardship proviso in respect to the payment of the registration fee, the Poultry Runs Amendment Bill, introduced and read a first time in the House of Representatives yesterday, is identical with the Poultry Amendment Bill of last session. This Bill was passed by the House, but subsequently rejected by the Legislative Council. The Bill is described as a measure to require the registration of poultry runs used for the production of eggs for sale, and to provide moneys for the organisation and development of the poultry industry. By the change in tlie title of the Bill and a modification of the original functions of the board to make it clear that there will be no control over marketing, it is contended that the alarm felt over tile original measure will be allayed. No provision was made in the original Bill for exemption from payment of the registration fee on the ground of undue hardship. A proviso to this effect is inserted in the new Bill, and the Poultry Board is authorised to grant exemption. The board can also grunt exemption for any other cause deemed to be sufficient. A poultry run is deemed to be established when it is for the purpose of producing eggs for sale.