TRANSPORT OF HORSES.

Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17277, 13 December 1927, Page 4

TRANSPORT OF HORSES.

OBJECTION TO CHARGES. ij , ! At a meeting of the' committee of | ihe Canterbury Trotting... Owners and •j hfeeders’-• Association, correspondence ;! was received from the. New Zealand 1 Railways Department in connection Hj with- tlio carriage of -horses from. Wet-: I lington to Auckland lor the racing at j Christmas time. It. was stated that ”| a special train .would, leave Wellington j for Auckland on December 16. The i| horses would ;be carried in-It wagons (\, and the train would travel' at ■practical ally express speed. Forty horses must be guaranteed for the special train,- liut it .was .not anticipated that there would he any difficulty in acquiring. this number. Correspondence was received from the Department in connection with- the j extra charges levied on owners and j trainers in the matter of railage on the ■I Main Trunk. The secretary explained j the difficulties that had- arisen. The - proposals made by the Railway De- * partment, lie said, were quite unsatis--1 factory, and lie had replied to that effect, H was agreed that the soc- ;! rotary andßhe president be instructed 'I to forward a letter to the Department ’ ! protesting against the charges made ,i in the railage of horses, As the assoi ciatjon considered them against the ;i sport 'Of trotting generally.' _ It was fj niso decided that a deputation from j the association should interview re- -| sponsible members of the Department. ' | Mr J. R. McKenzie, who had offered | to give a trophy to the' leading trainci j for the season, asked for a suggestion J as to what form the award should i take. It was agreed that a set of I racing harness would he a. suitable \ present, and it was decided to suggest into to Mr Maßbuizi^ a /