ALSATIAN DOGS

Greymouth Evening Star, 19 December 1936, Page 5

ALSATIAN DOGS

HIGHER LICENSE FEE. [PER PBEBS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH, December 18. “Breaking the ice,” as one member termed it, the Heathcote County Council, at its meeting this evening, decided to fix a special registration fee for Alsatian dogs in the county. The fees fixed were 2/G for working dogs, other dogs 10/-, and ,£1 for all dogs of the Alsatian breed. When, the County Clerk, Mr J. P. E. Veale, asked for a resolution fixing dog registration fees for 1937, Cr. C. Flavell suggested that Cr. J. F. Cracroft Wilson, with his interest in dogs, should move the fees. Mr Veale: The same as last year, 2/6 for working dogs, and 10/- for others, including Pomeranians? Cr. F. W. Freeman: And dachshunds? Cr. Wilson: And a fiver for Alsatians? The Chairman, Cr A. G. Williams: I think if people can afford to keep an Alsatian they should pay £l. Cr. Flavell: Have we power to do that? Has the Government done anything in the matter? Has anyone else done it? Mr Veale: There is nothing to stop it, although no one has yet taken such action. Cr. Flavell: Oh, well, if it is only a matter of breaking the ice, there is no reason why we should not. Cr. Freeman: Are there any Alsatians in the county? Mr W. W. Scarf, county inspector: There are two beauties that will not let you past the front gate. Cr. Wilson: I move that the fees be 2/6, £1 for Alsatians, and 10/- for other dogs. The motion was put and carried unanimously.

DOG OWNER FINED AUCKLAND, December 18. Remarking that the dog was obedient and did what his master told him, Mr. Wyvern Wilson, S.M., imposed a fine of £5 to-day, when Stephen Carter, a young man, appeared on summor - ’ with urging his dog to attack anoiher young man named Churches at Panmure on October 21. He pleaded not guilty. The police said that after the men had been drinking together in a hotel, Carter “sooled” his cattle dog on to Churches, and later that night the dog bit Churches on both legs and tore his trousers.