LICE IN SHEEP.

Evening Star, Issue 12867, 17 July 1906, Page 4

LICE IN SHEEP.

.. SEVERAL OONVIGfripNS. x ' A bomber of pers<ms—John. Mattoeson, Bryant JHannery, Jatoei Fowler Andettsoii, Patrick Kinney, Patrick Kearney, peter M'Erlane, John Weir, and Arthur Sharkey —were charged before Mr Graham, 8.M., this morning that, being the ©witters of sheep affects with lice, such sheep were found exposed in the saleyards at Burnride, contrary to ike statute. All the defendants pleaded guilty to the offences, which occurred in the month ofjttne and ia the pre<«nt month. Mr Fountain (Stock Inspector) prosectrted. and those of the defendants represented were: Weir and Flanneiy, Mr D. Reid, jun. .} Anderson, Kearney, M'Erkne, and Sharkey, Mr Haolon.

Matheson, Anderson, Kinney, Kearney tfon the flrrt of two charges), M'Erlane, Weir, end Sharkey were fined 20a and costs (7sJ each, the evidence In all these cases being that precautions of a more or less complete nature had been taken to ensure, that no lice-affeoted sheep were sent out by the owfiens. In the case of Fhtflnery, it was stated 'that the had not been dipped trine* last shearing-time. This defendant was fined fiOs'&nd costs (7s). Patrick Kearney was charged with a second offence, committed some day* after the first— The Stock Inspector said that the defendant sent in the first lot on June 2f7, and although he was feifetmed by his auctioneers that the sheep were lonsy he sent down another mob on Jirly 4. 'These, too, were" affected. He asked for a henry penalty on the second charge.—Mr Hanlon eontended that owing to the severity of the winter it bad been impossible to dip the sheep again, and the sheep conld not be kept, since there was no food in the paddocks.—A fine of £5 and eoste (7s) was imposed. I The Magistrate, in inflicting the above fines, commented,on the fact that the first dipping was not hi all cases perfectly satisfactory, even though, m in one case, the solution was 30 per stronger than is common, and he emphasised the necessity for owners to be careful in inspecting stock before exposing thf»m in a salevard, where tberr presence might affect other unaffected sheep and assist in the spread of the infection.