PROTECTION OF ANIMALS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 80, 6 April 1910, Page 4

PROTECTION OF ANIMALS.

Mr. J. S. Jamieson, presided at the fortnightly meeting of the Society for the Prevention of CnieJtv to Animals, held in the Chamber of Commerce last evening. Donations to the society's fundu wereacknowledged from the following : — N.Z. Warehousemen' r Association, £2 2s; Kempthorne, Prosser, and Co., £1 1b; "A Friend," £1; M'Leod, Weir, and Hopkirk, 10s 6d ; Miss Harru, 10s ; Dr. Cahill and Dr. H. M'Lean, sseach;s each; Miss Allen, Mesdames Richardson, E. B. Brown, Mresra W. G. Mantel!, and C. Gardiner, 5s etch; Meidaoin Dumbell, Godber, Kendall, Rev. Dumbell, Messrs T. Page, A. Robertson, and Pike, 2s 6d each; "M.8.F.," 2s. A letter retelvtd from the City Counoil intimated that no provision could y«t be made for destroying cats in the lethal chamber at the destructor. The question of obtaining help from the Government veterinary .surgeons wah again raised, and, after consideraWe dHcusfckm, the inhpeotor (Mr. Seed) was instructed to report fully on the matter at a tutor©, meeting. Several case* of alleged cmelty to animals were reported upon, anil they aie all receiving due a Went ion.