TREATMENT OF RED WORMS IN HORSES

Te Ao Hou, May 1957, Page 52

TREATMENT OF RED WORMS IN HORSES Red worms can seriously reduce the efficiency of horses and are responsible for many deaths in foals. Phenothiazine is a very effective remedy, but the Department of Agriculture recommends that with horses it should be administered under veterinary supervision. In certain conditions it may prove dangerous. Treatment should be given before winter. Maori people of South Taranaki are playing big part in celebrations at Hawera for the 75th birthday of the town. Maori floats took part in a parade through the town and one of them included an ancient canoe as the main exhibit. Group and massed items of Maori song and dance were performed, and the meanings of the hakas, pois and ceremonials were explained to the public. In charge of the Maori part of the celebrations is Mr Tini Whareaitu. ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ The Maori Land Court at Rotorua has decided not to allow any sub-dividing of Mokoia Island into lakeside sections unless a majority of the members of the Arawa tribe wish it so. The future of the Island was reviewed by the Court when it heard members of the trust committee which administers Mokoia on behalf of the 1600 tribal owners speak unfavourably of an application to have the land partitioned.