LOSS ON CONDEMNED CATTLE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 911, 2 September 1910, Page 8

LOSS ON CONDEMNED CATTLE.

.;■ - "DUNEDIN; GRIEVANCES.; ;;"■ -, '-{-:.; (By'Teltßraph.—Press' Association.). .' , ;iv : ';'•' '.?:;-. '. ■Dunetiin,;''Au'gust -31.'' :>Vov. some'; past ,Several • farmers supplying,,'.tho Burnside.ijsale.;,jvith- : iCattle ''Have' felt , , they ■ have 'been. suffering .injustice .unte .a.rule/which , has.prevailed hvliefeby , in cases Syhere cattle are'-'passed on inspectiou. and. afterwards condemned j the seller upon to bear .-half the joss of the: cowlemiiecl- beast.. The; arrangement in : th'o •past .was; that where ;the animai; was'condemned, after .being passed the .Government compensated the '.owner ...to the extent .'of; one-third -of the I 'purchasing-price, and 6elier ;each bearing "half" the '.actual, remainingloss. V : A numbei'' of local farmers entered; into a compact-to insist DuVthe.fuU price being paid, whether,., the beast was eoridenmed , or not/■' nnd the; first" trial of ..the system was rnadd at to-day's. Burnside sale. ■ :';■ ■ Only', three, of 'the ..sellers subscribing'to the liad 'cattle.'lor , sale, a'iid.w each ins'taiice'they'refused' to give'a.guarattt«e.,. Vi As,j, result tveo or three of these-sellers'" pens of .stock passed by. tlj.e. b.utchers, ■• but were'after-, wardsv-sold-''pTiyatelyi"the'-butchcrs simp-( ly.'restricting theniselves to a agreement that; they should., give .preference : to guaranteed 'stock.. Vln other cases' the same sellers' cattle were", knocked down at auction, but"; it is' doubtful -if.' they reached the" prices' realised- for cattle where-the usual custom of guaranteeing was contiflUKUibyi-thorseners. .. ~' ; ■.'■'.- ' The "fact that'.-only three. Taieri■'. men 'whip''signed had ■ cattle: _for sale is commented on''as sigiufidaii'fßy the butchers,' who maintain., that though a largo number of .other..'Taieri,'graziers-.'ngrced to the document they did .not bring' stock to market.. There was i plenty of stock for sale, however, from farmers from a distance who hod not signed the compact. .-■ . •,..-■ ' -."fokay's"tl'irtl"<Jf'"-Str<Jrigth was not entirely conclusive, but it Was rumoured that the noguarantee document intend to revei-t to the guarantee system. •.

A petition from the whole of the suppliers of tho Carnarvon creamery was presented to the manager of the ' Glen Orouu Dairy Company by Messrs. T. M'Kenziel'.and Keeve urging the manager to open the-"creamery oh September 1 instead of •September IS'.'.'"The deputation pointed out that the milk now ready exceeded the quantity, supplied last season on the opening day, viz., September 13, and that a hardship, was phcwl upuii the suppliers, who had- to run to the next nearest creamery, some six miles away. The manager promised to havi; tho wants of the. Carnarvon suppliers .satisfied.— ! : , ......