VETERINARY SCIENCE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 31, 6 February 1935, Page 6

VETERINARY SCIENCE

OBSERVATIONS IN AUSTRALIA [ Per Pr®fiB I WELLINGTON, Feb. 4. Dr. iC. S. Al. Hopkirk, officer in charge of the veterinary laboratory at WaHaceville, who attended the congress in Alelbourne of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, and also investigated veterinary organisations in the Commonwealth, returned to Wellington by the Alonowai to-day. Dr. Hopkirk said ihat it was indeed an instruction to a New Zealand veterinarian to see the unconcern of tne Australians at the foot and mouth disease. They could not understand the reason for an embargo against British stock and their own embargo had been lifted some years ago. The authorities hoped that soon the disease would be so well diagnosed by blood tests that the export of their cattle to New Zealand would be, permitted.

Tar-sealing. The Wanganui City Council’s Unsealing programme js being adhered to as uniformly as possible. At present Seddon Street footpaths are being dealt with. It is stated that the dry weather has placed some handicap on the street work, as rain would be useful in the matter consolidating foundations. Swimmers Exchange Visits. Evidence of a keen desire to help and be helped is furnished by the inter club activity which may be noted among swimmers in the Wanganui dis* triet. Last week a part y of Al art on swimmers came through to assist at the Wanganui East carnival, while another contingent is expected to make the trip for the. Wanganui Central Club’s carnival to-morrow night. In return, several Wanganui clubs will be found supporting the Marton Swimming Club’s carnival, to be held next Alonday night, and it would not be surprising to find some fifty swimmers from Wanganui participating in the carnival. Prolific Passion Fruit. By keeping a tally of the numbei of baskets picked, a New Plymouth resident has this reason accounted for 3290 passion fruit from one vine. 'l’here are more to come, and the total would be further increased by the fruit growing on a part of the vine which hangs next door. Passion fruit has not done so extremely well in Auckland, owing to lack of rain in November, but many local vines have borne plentifully. An old established garden in the heart of the city has a large vine of the ‘‘banana’* passion fruit, and this has already yielded many hundreds of the long, yellow