STOCK DISEASE.
MINISTER’S CONCERN; Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, April 20. The Minister of Agriculture (Hon. W. Lee Martin) left Wellington by the Limited express this evening for Frankton, en route to Kereone, near Morrinsville, to attend a public meeting of farmers to be held there to-morrow afternoon to discuss the recent outbreak of facial eczema affecting sheep and cattle in South Auckland districts. The Minister was accompanied by the Director-General of Agriculture (Mr A. H. Cockayne) and the Director of the Live Stock Division of the Department (Mr W. C. Barry). Other, officers of the Department who have been specially detailed to carry out investigations regarding this trouble and who have been pursuing their inquiries on farms, at abattoirs and in the laboratory, will also be in attendance. The Minister is expected to arrive back in Wellington on Friday morning.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 121, 21 April 1938, Page 5
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140STOCK DISEASE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 121, 21 April 1938, Page 5
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