PLEURO-PNEUMONIA IN AUS TRALIA.

Otago Witness, Issue 1932, 30 November 1888, Page 9

PLEURO-PNEUMONIA IN AUS TRALIA.

A meeting of the Cattle Board was held On Tuesday afternoon in the sheep inspector's office. There were present the Hon. M. Holmes (in the chair), Mr W. G. Smith, and Mr J. Roberts. The Chairman said that Mr A. M'Farlane had recently visited Melbourne and seen the exhibition of stock, and was present to inform the committee of what ho had seen there, and give his ideas as to the feat of introducing pleuro-pneumonia to New Zealand by stock coming from there.

Mr M'Faelane said that he was in Melbourne in August last. While there he happened to put up at an hotel where one of the principal veterinary aurgeons was staying. He informed the speaker that there had been two or three cases— two at any rate — of plcuro in the yards, and that the beasts had been condemned. He

(Mr M*Farhnae) was told that previous to these cases there had been a few others. Further, he had on the show ground seen a beast that was affected with something — he could not say whether it was pleura, but at any rate it waa diseased. Two or three other parties hadalso informed, him that pl.cuzo was prevalent. In fac*, it could 'not ha otherwise, with?

cattle coming down to the saleyards every week. If we allowed flattie to come here without being quarantined for six months the diseasewas sure td be introduced, and it was difficult to !say what the end of it would be. When a*

Hobart ho was introduced to Mr Browa, wbc* asked him io go down and meet the Cattle

Board there. He did so, and found that two cattle had been condemned. These were cattle tbat bad gone over from Melbourne. And other cases had been reported in Hobart. The

people there said that if the New Zealandera

would get six months' quarantine imposed on cattle coming ht-re from Melbourne, thty would guarantee that thoir ports would be thrown open to New Zealand stoc& without any quarantine ats all. He thought we should be very careful abont this plenro. If it once got in, we should! nev<-r get it out of the country.

Mr Robbkts remarked that about five montha* quarantine would correspond with the restriction on cattle brought fioni Fnglond, whi.-h were of course fome time oo 'ho voysge out. Mr M'Fab^anz said tbafc soute physicians held thah plouro could po nix aiontbs without showing, There was &ix lmmtbi' quarantine in Mel* bo«ine, and still they had plonro. Mr Ivobehts thought ihc-b this question should be discussed i>y a full meeting of the board. Hi,- wonW siUf gest that notices be ihsued cal'ing a rating for Mc.uday uexfc, so as to give tbo fcwo country members an opportunity of be ; ng present. Mr Smith agreed wifch the eoggestioD, and thought io should bs trientioned in the notices fhnr, it wns proposed to recommend Government to m,poso fix rnor*tb'>' quarantine. That would fchow the urgency of the snooting. Mr M'Farlane mc-sit'oncd that the question of lengi-hyntuft ifce teirn of q.uarautine had alrrady bi'f'.i brou^bt ))tfore tbe Taieri and

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it vfas m-oJvHii— " T bat » .-pewa! mec-ting be h^Jfl on M<!i»ray m r^-. ai- 2 15 p.m., for tho purpose of considering- the defeirability of recommending Government to impo?e additional quarantine oh Australian cattk " Mr M'Farlanb would suggest tbat the board? shouid alfto takfc up, the question of the necessity for having a quarantine station here.

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