DOG LICENSES

Evening Star, Issue 23444, 8 December 1939, Page 12

DOG LICENSES

REGISTRATION POSTPONED SHORTAGE OF HYDATIDS SPECIFC [Pee United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, December 7- : The difficulty of procuring supplies qf arecoline hydrpbromide, the . approved remedy for the treatment, of hydatid disease in dogs, has caused tiie Government to extend the period of existing dog licenses for one month. The registration period- now. expires oh February i; 1940: The Minister of Internal Affairs (Mr Parry) explained that the war necessitated this action. ■ Under the Dogs Registration, Act* 1908. the existing dog. licenses are required .to be renewed' oh' - January 1# Ifl4o. but the’ registration could not b« effected unless the Dogs Registration Amendment Act, 1937, was complied with. This imposed on local authorities the obligation to, supply, Jp . each dog owner at : the time of registration ohe year’s Supply of arecoline hydror bi-piaide costing a small, additional fee. The international situation; had made it. difficult ..to obtain, supplies of the approved hydatid remedy, but ■ contracts had now been , let by the Government for bulk supplies, the first of which would arrive late in December. Unforeseen delays in transit might oocur, in which event the local authorities and dog owners would find it impossible to comply; with the law It is proved to be essential. added Mr,. Parry, “ that..there should be no break in the continuity _of tha treatment of dogs for " hydatids., C appeal to all dog owners, to co-operata with the Government in the efforts made to eradicate hydatid disease ftom this Dominion.’’