BLACKOUARTER.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8098, 29 September 1904, Page 3

BLACKOUARTER.

DISCUSSION AT WANGANUI.

At Wednesday's meeting of the Wai. ganui Agricultural Association a dibcn sion took place upon the question of qua antme for blackquarter. On the question of Mt Nixon, secondc by Mr Murray, the following regoluto was passed, v~: "That this meetin views with alarm the recent Gacette no tioe whereby the district from Mokau U the Wanganui river is gazetted as be ing an infected area with blackleg. In asmuch as thd disease in question has never been known to exist, south of the Patea river, this Association urges that the Government reconsider their decision, and alter tfoa boundaries to the district

north of the Patea river. They would .also point out that this is not only a serious matter from a settlers' point of view, but also a serious matter to the Association in respect to our forthcoming

shuw." ( In speaking to the motion, the Chair- ' man said that the matter under consideration was one of great moment to our district, and meant an incalculable loss to every farmer in the district. It means that no young cattle under 18 I months would be allowed to go south of the Wanganui river. Had there been a single outbreak of the disease within the Patea and Wanganui rivers, then might the Government have had some reason for the action they had taken. Of course, a large number of cattle from the infected area had passed through our district, but few, if any, were held here, whilst thousands had. been distributed all over the Rangitikei, Manawatu. Xapier. and Gisborne districts. It would thus be seen that they should leave no stone unturned to have the boundaries altered.

Mr Murray, in seconding the motion, spoke very strongly of the action of the Government in including a clean district like Wanganui in an infected area. Mr Morgan said the matter had been d'scussed at tine meeting of the Farmers' Union, and no single instance of the disease had been heard of south of a pcrnt some miles north of Patea. Mr Burnett said that the matter had been discussed at a meeting of the Association in Hawera, and out of nineteen gentlemen present only one had any knowledge of the disease, so that would prove tnat the disease was not generally known even as far aovvui as Hawera.

The Secretary read some extracts from the reports of Messrs Edgar and Orbell, Government veterinaries, and on the mot'on being put it was carried unanimously. It was resolved that copies of the mo1 -on he sent to Messrs Remington and Willis, asking them to use their best endeavors to have the Wanganui district separated from the affected area, and that tha Minister of Agrcnlture and the Premier be written to and supplied with copies of the resolution. — Chronicle.