CATTLE TICK.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 8 June 1925, Page 7

CATTLE TICK.

l»Ii ECAUTIONS R KQLURED. PERMIT FOR RAILING. Another case under the cattle-tick regulations was before Mr. \V. (Jr. K. Kenriclc, S.M., at the Putaniru Magistrate’s Court this week, says the Waikato Times. \V. D. Dunlop, farm manager, Lichfield, pleading guilty to railing seven bead of cattle from Putaruru. in an area designated B, to Okoia, Taranaki, in a clean area, last December, without permit under the regulations. The stock inspector (H. Clelland) said that tlie department heard of the offence at the time, and an inspector met the cattle at Okoia. He found there was no tick on them. However, defendant had been warned before for a similar breach, and so the department wag in duty bound to prosecute. It did jiot press for a heavy penalty. The Magistrate said the offence was a serious one, as if tick were introduced into a clean district it meant endless trouble for the farmers to get rid of it. The offence with which defendant was charged was punishable by a fine up to £2OO. Tick had almost ruined Africa at one time.

Defendant's . counsel explained that Hie offence was the result of carelessness. Defendant received urgent instructions from his employer to send the cattle, and he complied. The Magistrate imposed a fine of £lO and costs.