HORSE TRANSPORT
DEFENCE PURPOSES (Special to the "Evening Post.") PALMERSTON N., This Day. Whether more reliance should oe placed on the horse than on mechanised modes of transport for defence purposes, formed the subject of a short discussion at yesterday's meeting of the Wellington Central Executive of the Farmers' Union at Marton. There was a proposal that the Government should subsidise, the breeding of troop horses with the object of having sufficient on hand in the event of a national emergency such as the cutting off of petrol supplies. It was claimed that mounted units were more mobile than mechanised units which had to rely on roads. The horse could go across country which would be difficult for tractors and cars. Other members of the executive were equally concerned with the shortage of horses for farm work, and it wai tireed support the proposal.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 96, 20 October 1937, Page 14
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144HORSE TRANSPORT Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 96, 20 October 1937, Page 14
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