OMISSION OF PIG
CENTENNIAL CERTIFICATE CRITICISM AT WHANGAREj [by TELEGRAPH —OWN" correspondent] WHANG A REI, Thursday "T would be sorry to see such a thing issued from any organisation-1 fl " as c ° n " nectecl with. It looks like a label f° r a honey pot or a jam tin. ' This view was expressed by the chair man of the Northland District P.g Council, Mr. H. \Y. James, at a meeting of the council yesterday, when coin men ting on the Centennial Show cer i cate, draft copies of which were received. The secretary, Mr. 0. P. Butler, dre* the attention of members to the aC that the pig had not been given a P ace among the animals shown in the designThe council decided to write to t ® Minister of Interna! Affairs expressing disappointment that the pig industry had been omitted irom the en | enßI j 2 Show certificate, especially as the -P was the (irst animal to be release New Zealand.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23488, 27 October 1939, Page 8
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