ANTHRAX GERMS
TEXTILE TRADE SAFEGUARDS. ; Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. ' Eeuter's Telegrams. '■ LONDON, May 3. ; In. the House of Commons Sir Hamar ] Greenwood, Under-Secretary for Home 1 Affairs, moved the second reading of a ■ Prevention of Anthrax Bill, empowering : the prohibition of the importation of goods ■ infected or likely to be infected with anthrax, compulsory disinfection of infected wool or similar goods, and the establishment of State works for disinfection of infected goods at importers' cost. : Sir Hamar Greenwood said that, despite all precautions, tho number of cases of anthrax in the wool and allied trades had steadily increased. The Bill was based on the unanimous recommendation of a committee representing the trades concerned. A process has been recently discovered for eliminating the anthrax germ without affecting tho material. The cost of establishing the first disinfecting station was estimated at over £40,000.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19190508.2.11
Bibliographic details
Evening Star, Issue 17038, 8 May 1919, Page 2
Word Count
141
ANTHRAX GERMS
Evening Star, Issue 17038, 8 May 1919, Page 2
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in