SHEEP-WORRYING BY MAORIS' DOGS.

Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13592, 6 October 1914, Page 5

SHEEP-WORRYING BY MAORIS' DOGS.

[United Press Association.]

Wellington, Oct. .-;. The Dominion Conference of il-e Farmers' Union-forwarded to the G>vornment a resolution urging that legislation should be introduced to abate sheep-worrying by-dogs, and, that tno provision for the registration of o.ogs by Maori Councils should be repealed. To this the Minister of Agriculture has replied that the matter of introducing such legislation will have careful cmv.-- --| sideration and that he is bring*, rig »-e--fore the Native Department the fines-, tion of abolishing the powers of Matin' Councils in connection with dog registration. ...,*■ *