FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE.
GREAT DAMAGE IN BRITAIN. Received May 7. 10.15 a.m. LONDON, May 6. In the House of Commons Mr Buxton announced" that 3060 cases of foot and mouth disease had been reported .since August. Thirty-nine English counties were affected, 11 Scottish, and two Welsh, resulting in the slaughter of 103,138 cattle, 42,969 sheep, and 47,693 pigs. _ The compensation pavable was estimated at £3,237,000.—Pre5s Association.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 1009, 7 May 1924, Page 5
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67FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 1009, 7 May 1924, Page 5
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