AUSTRALIAN SHEEP BREEDERS COMPLAIN OF N.Z. METHODS.
DECLARE SCRUB RAMS ARE SPOILING FLOCKS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. Aus. and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received December 15, 11.30 a.m.) MELBOURNE, December 15. An application has been made to the Tariff Board- on behalf of the Australian Society of Breeders of British Sheep, for the imposition qf a tariff duty on rams of more than three years old, that are not registered by an approved society or stud. Mr James Aitken stated that it had become the practice for New Zealand sheep dealers, who were not breeders themselves, to export scrub rams, the residue of sheep sales, to Australia. Profits ranging up to £IOOO had been made from one shipment alone of these inferior animals. The culls were sent to Australia and the progeny of these rams were having an inimical effect on Australian flocks. A serious state of affairs would arise in the wool and frozen meat trade. The inquiry was adjourned.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18338, 15 December 1927, Page 8
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