THEFTS OF STOCK

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31111, 14 July 1966, Page 14

THEFTS OF STOCK

Two Farmers Differ Sheep stealing had apparently been very prevalent in some areas, the chairman of North Canterbury Federated Farmers’ meat and wool executive (Mr W. N. Dunlop) said yesterday at a meeting of the executive. He was commenting on a member’s report of proceedings at the Dominion meat and wool section conference in Wellington recently. “We are going to have to do something about it,” Mr Dunlop said. “There has been a suggestion that the earmarks of sheep carried by transport firms should be shown on the cartage dockets. But as you can imagine, that would be quite a job if sheep with several different earmarks were carried in the same truck.” Mr Dunlop thought that Federated Farmers would have to consult the police. Mr D. G. McGrath, of Oxford, said if farmers looked around in their own areas they would soon find the answers.

“I recently found eight carcases of 10 cattle reported stolen a year ago,” he said. “I think if farmers looked in their river beds, they would find quite a lot of lost stock.”

Mr G. G. Walter secretary of the Christchurch Fire Brlgadesmen’s Union, has resigned from the fire brigade, of which he has been a member for about 12 years. Mr Walker will remain union secretary. v