DAIRYMEN'S WAVTS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2623, 22 June 1904, Page 38

DAIRYMEN'S WAVTS.

CIIRrSTOHUROH, June 17. Tlj'B Ohristchurch dairyman doesn't want much — merely a free insurance policy on. his etoek-m-trado. He formulated his demamk at a meeting- of the Dairy Association and members of Parliament last might, j When a, dairyman's row gets tuberculosis I and has to bo condemned the ■Government | pays him £4 as a sort of solarium, for the great jrrief he must feel at parting with tbe animal. Most people will think that ho is an extremely lucky dairyman to have such a considerate Government looking after him and paying for his diseased cow. When the ordinary voter buys a horse, or any other domestio animal, and it subsequently contracts consumption, the Government doe&n't pay over any insurance policy to assuage his deep sorrow : it merely fine? him 10s for not taking the deceased to _ the destructor. But the Ohristchurch dairyman i-t not satisfied with lids present privileges. He wants more. He wants to be also paid for the decease of his very I young calf and his very antique cow. He ' warefcs the age limit reduced to three months instead of 12, and increased to 12 years instead of 10. He wants ilie Government to increase the price limit from £8 to £10. Instead of paying him £4- he wants it to pay him £6 13s 4d, and finally he wants the tuberculin done away with, so that the Government can't say with any certainty whether his sick cow has tuborculosis or n«t. The Ohristchurch dairyman is a modest fellow!

When leaving Sydney on her last trip from Sydney to Auckland a thorougjh search [ was made for stowaways on the Waikare, tbo r3Sult being that a number were brought to light, arid placed on board a launch and j sent back to Stydn-ay,