LICENSED EGG-SELLERS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 336, 23 April 1928, Page 1

LICENSED EGG-SELLERS

POULTRYMEN S PROPOSAL REQUEST to government Press Association. WELLINGTON, Sunday. o passed at the poultrymen’s V rence were placed before the -l ter of Agriculture. Hon. O. J. en ’ by a deputation from the New Poultry Association. r Principal request was that the snrx^ ninent should make it comnul--0 > for all poultrykeepers selling eggs to be registered every year, seal licence be on a sliding ion u- aa follows; Those keeping under t? blrds on March 31. 2s 6d; those Jfeping 100 to 500 birds. 'ss; those cping 501 and over, 10s: the execue to have power to alter the scale 1 'pk llS^ necessary, anv ° said he could not give ’definite promise in regard to this tio ei *’ but he w °uld give it consideran - He also promised to give con'mfra^ on to suggested regulations L.fjning the purity of pollard and foodstuffs. fne deputation asked that poultry °w pens be carried on the railways at cheaper rate than at present. The mister said this involved a question I?*** sifica ti° n under the railway a nd he would consult the Minis- " °f Railways on th€i subject.