LICE IN SHEEP

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6919, 27 May 1929, Page 10

LICE IN SHEEP

( At the Levin court on Friday, Mau i Wirenni Piti Nacre Pomarc was pro .scented by- (lie Flock Department on a charge that, on February 12, lie ex posed for sale, at Levin, To Jambs at' fueled with lice. Lvidenco was given liv Matthew P ' Findlay, .Inspector of Stock, WellingI on, who staled that, ho had examined : so\cn ol the lambs arid found them to be badly affected with lice. He 1 informed the auctioneer, who told him that T’omare was absent. A tine of £2 was imposed, with costs 10s. Charles Gray was charged with having, at Levin, on April 23, exposed for sale 122 Jambs affected with Jiec. 'The inspector stated that lie examined cine of the lambs and found ; e\ en affected. This was about the best, lookin'; line, of lambs in the yards, ano it; was rpiite evident that they had been (lipped, 'file defendnnl, rang him up next day and said that the iambs had been dipped twice, and the inspector told him that, sheep belonging to one of his neighbours were badly infected and had probably caused the trouble. I The penalty in this case was £], with CGkito