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Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1414, 27 March 1905, Page 4

| Dealing with the subject of aDthrax, the I Manawatu Standard states :—The Chief I Veterinarian has already and on innnmerI able oceaeions vigorously condemned preI sent practices, and has pointed out tbo inI evitablo result of such a short-sighted I policy, but up to the present his ropre J sentations havo fallen upon deaf ears. The I farmers, from ono end of the colony to the I other, have protested against the proposal ' lof the Government. They know that the I expense of sterilising the bones locally would add very much to the cost, but they I are so impressed with the horrors of anI tbrax that they are perfectly willing to I pay the increased price for the bones. InI deed, they havo gone further than this, I they are willing that the importation I should bo stopped altogether rather than I run the risk of this dreaded disease. No I stronger proof of the sincerity of their proI test could possibly be desired. Why the j Government should persist in acting in | utter defiance of the wishes of the farmers Iwe are at a loss to conceive. Ministers I Cannot possibly have any interest in dumping jftspßse-laden bones into this colony. ''Nor can' teey deeire to see our herds decimated, and possibly human life sacrificed, by their wanton disregard of the j ■““TTT. !