THE POULTRY INDUSTRY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 71, 7 November 1911, Page 6

THE POULTRY INDUSTRY.

DELEGATES IN CONFERENCE

(Per Press Association.) Christchurch, November 7. The New Zealand Poultry Conference opened here this morning. The delegates were accorded a civic reception.

LATE LOCALS.

Mr Frank McGovern, now of To Awamutu and formerly a resident in the Hawera district, is at present on a visit to these parts for the purpose of purchasing cattle. Mr McGovern informed a representative of this journal to-day that he had succeeded in purchasing three hundred hue heifers at various places from Patca to AVaitara and that the cattle were a particularly line lot. The question of what moans for the prevention of lire there .were at the Hospital was hrough up by Mr Alarchant at the meeting of tbo Hospital Board this morning. One did not expect the buildings to catcii fire, but fires occurred in the most unexpected places. The chairman said ho did not know what fire-fighting apparatus there was in the building. Mr Maxwell said there should be buckets of water in various parts of the building where the staff would know where to find them—a stitch in time saved nine. Mr McAllister said the visiting Committee had reported recently that some provision should be made to provide means for fire-fight-ing. He thought inquiries should ho made as to chemical fire-extinguishers, it was decided to instruct the visiting committee to make investigations and to procure any plant they consider necessary for the suppression of fires in the insipient stage.