CARTERTON.

New Zealand Mail, 22 January 1902, Page 43

CARTERTON.

(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) Friday, 3 p.m. Mr Angus McLeod, an old and respected settler, died at his residence at Taratahi this morning from bronchitis, supervening on chronic asthma. In reply to Mr Hornsby’s suggestion to the Premier that cattle should be offered from this colony for South African requirements, Mr Seddon has telegraphed:—“Will communicate as suggested with Lord Milner to the effect that there is a probability of tho Cape being supplied with good breeding cattle from New Zealand. I am afraid, however, that the price will be a stumbling block, as stock cannot be bought in our colony at anything like the price in Queensland.” To this Mr Hornsby replied:—“There is a shortage of cattle in Queensland, ancl that colony is purchasing from the areas around the Gulf of Carpentaria. Our ’producers can with advantage supply at the prices quoted, viz. £3 to £4 per head. Owing to the dairying industry, we have in New Zealand thousands of young cattle available. In fact, in Taranaki and other dairying districts, thousands are killed off every year. What will be wanted will be yearling heifers and yearling or two-year-old bulls, known as herd cattle. Our settlers could furnish thousands of these at the price quoted by Queensland, and it would pay handsomelv. The quality of our cattle would be superior to any other, as we have no ticks and no disease.”