STOCK TRAINS.
A WIRE from Auckland to-day states that at the meeting of the A. and P. Association bitter complaints were made at the delays to stock trains. This is not the first time such complaints have been made, and it is a matter which demands the attention of the Minister of Railways. So far a-; ue know there have not been serious complaints from this province, vet there is room for improvement. The complaint from Auckland on this occasion particularly' refers to show block, and one sneaker said he had experiences of trains which averaged onlv eight miles an hour. But to our mind the case is more serious with general stock traffic. It can, of course, be understood that the owncis of valuable animals do not want tiicm ke[)t. long hours under damaging conditions, yet the man who puts a prize beast on a train generally takes care that it receives some attention, but train loads of store cattle, weanei's and the general plcbian run of beast do not fare so well. Long delays in transit and delivery frequently bring great suffering to the helpless cooped-up animals and unless arrangement can be made for the rapid progress of stock trains thcie should he better provision for the v atering and feeding of animals.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume III, Issue 78, 15 March 1913, Page 4
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215STOCK TRAINS. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume III, Issue 78, 15 March 1913, Page 4
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