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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 147, 18 March 1937, Page 13

A Dunedin company which has been cited under an application for an Arbitration Court award for bricklayers has registered a formal objection. It says that while it would make probably no more difference to it if it were registered under the bricklayers’ award than if it were registered under the dairy factory manufacturers’ or the shearers' awards, yet, as it is under nine different awards at present, it must register an objection. It does say, however, that if any prize is to be given for being registered under the greatest number of awards, it might consider withdrawing its objection.

The opinion that many people, and English visitors especially, had little knowledge of sheepdogs and their working conditions was expressed by Mr. ,T. Gordon, who stated at the monthly meeting of the Dunedin Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals recently that he had been mustering for 45 years. If dogs were soft it resulted, Mr. Gordon said, in bleeding feet, and generally affected their ability, and dogs in work must be trained to be hardy and fit. It was in the owner’s best interests to treat his dogs humanely, as he could not afford to lose a dog’s services when away for days at a time in rough country. A pampered dog would let his master head the sheep himself. Other members agreed with this. ,