A MEM MYSTERY
SHEEP SPIRITED AWAY
(Special to "The Evening Post.")
PALMERSTON NORTH, This Day.
Something of a sensation was caused in the Sausou district when it became known that 200 Romney lambs valued at £250 had disappeared from a paddock on a well-known farm at Ohakea.
The lambs were on the estate of J. A. Bailey, Ohakea, on Wednesday evening, but next morning they had disappeared, and no trace lias been seen of them since. No reason can be assigned for the disappearance of so large a number of 1 sheep. It is hardly possible that they could have wandered away leaving no trace of their movements. On the other hand it is difficult to understand how they could have been wrongfully removed. Attention has been drawn at recent meetings of the Farmers' Union to the activities of owners of certain motor vehicles, and farmers have been warned of the possibility of a visit from "motor bandits."
The question being asked in Sanson is: Could motor vehicles lift 200 big lambs in one night rjnd transport them to unknown pastures?
■ Until this mystery is cleared up there will be great uneasiness among sheepowners, who feel that they would be helpless to guard against the operations of fast-moving, resourceful and unscrupulous night raiders.
In some districts, notably the,Rangitikei, there is considerable 'unrest among sheep farmers over the unauth orised removal of sheep, especially by motor lorries by night. There is at present no legislation preventing the removal of sheep by motor lorries at night, " consequently legislation will have to- be introduced next session making such removal of sheep illegal except by permit.
However, clause 59 of the Stock Act, which reads as follows: "Every person who drives or removes any stock from any land not in his own occupation without the consent of the occupier of such land is liable to a fine not exceeding £100 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months," seems to prescribe the penalty for slieep-stL'iiliiig by motor lorry, motor launch, or any other vehicle in addition to stealing while droviug. The Farmers' Union is actively engaged in combating tho trouble, which is not uncommon throughout the Dominion,
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 39, 15 February 1930, Page 10
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365A MEM MYSTERY Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 39, 15 February 1930, Page 10
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