“PROPER SCANDAL”
STOCK TRANSPORT CHARGES. ■ ' ....... V /-..us'TO AND FROM QUARANTINE. ;V. Z- - -.-nsis/i) (Special to “Northern Advocate.”) r? AUCKLAND, This'. Charges for the transportation of. ? A stock to and from the quarantine' station at Motuihi were criticised by Mr Austin Carr, president of the 11 Auckland Agricultural and Pastoral f; r Association, as excessive ;and ; .- a//-** “proper sandal.” ■ .y ; : r ; Mr Carr said the return cost, for a ; sheep or a pig was £4, while ; -thfi Ta)f . ft . ro charge for a dog was £2. A He congidf- ~ i o i ered .the charges were too great,.;,a especially when the return fare for ahuman being visiting the, island was only 1/6.. The Association had made ' representations on the matter Vto the Agricultural Department, but the reply was that' the- Department could 5 do 1 nothing. He still thought strenuous steps should be taken to secure moderation in the charges.. , , , . The Royal Agricultural Society of New Zealand, which had made it- • quiries into the matter, wrote statihg. ; that the charges had been gazetted;. and were carefully scrutinised by the Treasury to see that the had been complied with. The itidpec- • tor of the society had interviewed ttliDirector of the Livestock Division and • had been informed that there was iiti tie chance of revision, as the present, Scale did not pay. ..y
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Northern Advocate, 15 January 1934, Page 9
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