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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13481, 7 May 1907, Page 6

"On the face of. it there seems to be some mistake," said an officer of the Agricultural Department the other day, discussing the cable message relating that a man in Australia had contracted anthrax after landing New Zealand hides. • "It .seems very unlikely that there is any anthrax in New Zealand now- We have had no reports for a long time" about" any outbreak of anthrax in Tarauaki ; it is some years since any case, occurred there. At the present time there is 'he"anthrax known in New Zealand, and in view of the precautions- in the matter of sterilising all animal 'manures before they come into the country; from India and 'Australia, it is most unlikely, that anthrax will appear in the country again." He thought that a mistake had been made in attributing the man's attack to the handling of hides from New Plymouth; he must have handled something else. It was possible it could not be denied outright that the consignment. might, have been responsible for the trouble, but this was highly, improbable. ;: Enquiries into the matter were being made, and. the hides would ;be tweed.."- :;