CONTROL OF ALSATIAN DOGS

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 139, 7 March 1936, Page 14

CONTROL OF ALSATIAN DOGS

Need For Legislation REQUEST TO BE MADE TO GOVERNMENT Dominion Special Service. Napier, March 6. Representations to. tbc Government for the prohibition or strict control of alsatian dogs are to be made by the New Zealand Municipal Association,.which considered a remit from Mount Albert at the conference. Mr. V. A. Coyle moved the following remit, which was adopted:— "That urgent representations, be made to the Government to enact legislation prohibiting the keeping iu New Zealand of ateatian dogs, or, failing this, providing for the strict control of these dogs, and permitting local bodies to hx a higher registration fee than that now payable. Mr Coyle said : "To say that these dogs are vicious and are a definite menace to the public, especially to children, is no idle statement.”" VISIT TO MR. MOORE’S PROPERTY Overseas Farmers Impressed Wanganui, March 0. 1 party of the British Empire primary producers visited Mr. G. F. Moore's property, "Busby Park,” Kai Iwi, this morning. Members expressed the opinion that the visit was one of the happiest of the tour./They were particularly impressed with Mr. Moore’s Hereford stock, grasslands, and picturesque surroundings. Referring to the Hereford cattle, which he described as magnificent beasts, Mr. M. R. Boon, one of the South African party, said there was nothing like them in the whole of the Union, not even in stock shows. The stock was exceptionally well bred. The party expressed surprise when told that the price paid for one animal was £2200. When the stock was inspected visitors strolled at liberty through the homestead, admiring the beautiful collection of valuable china, trophies and sporting prints. Before leaving for Wanganui they walked a little way through the native bush which extends for 197 acres on Mr. Moore’s property. The visitors showed keen interest in the magnificent trees, and the luxuriant growth of the ferns. In the afternoon the tourists were taken for a drive round the city and suburbs by the Wanganui Automobile Association. DISEASES IN PIGS Farmers’ Heavy Losses Through Tuberculosis Palmerston North, March 6. In his report to a meeting of the Mana watu-Oroua Pig Recording and Development Club, the recording officer, Mr. E Nielsen, referred to the losses from diseases, particularly from tuberculosis, which required immediate attention. Several farms were badly affected, and of pigs marketed this season, one farmer had lost 84 per cent, totallly condemned, and another man 50 per cent., either total or partial loss. For the puipose of obtaining more information, experiments were ■ being conducted on the farms in question, and it was hoped to have similar experiments under way on other farms. The report suggested that members should have their milk tested for the presence of the tubercule germ. If this could be done a more definite guide as to the source of infection could be obtained and remedial measures taken. At present, farmers, even though iosing heavily through condemned pigs, were loath to test their herds for tuberculosis owing to the risk of the discovery of a heavy infection and the consequent loss of cows. This was especially so since nobody was sure that the milk’ of a tuberculosis cow was infected by the germ.