CHICKENS BY POST.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1463, 11 June 1912, Page 5

CHICKENS BY POST.

e TIEQUKST TO : THTI MINISTKK.' "'. 1 ■ Tdcsraph—Pross Association.! . Christchurcli, Juno 10. Thp. dcci'Mon: of thu Postal Department to add'the. duties "of ii.ih carrier to its alrend.v. multii'.irious labours has. aroused'a ';considca;.ablo"ani.ount of-intercst.? Now tho "Dcpartnient'is being asked--to do something ii! tho allied Jino oi. trade poulterers. A .deputation''' from'- tho New Zealand •'trv'JAsßcoiation.iraited'on the Hon. H. G. VKll'.. (Postmaster-General)-; this morning with :soiiio:;'interesting"proposals;.Tho,case- ■ for:Hho;doput;ition was explained "by. Mr. 'Jten'ottSoTlio principal points wcro care of eggs, ...which were already being sent .through, the pojt, ar.d a proposal that the Department should carry uay-old chicks :between.the North and-South Islands, and at'other. pine?:' whete railways did ; *not penetrate; Day-old cluclcs wew carried si ii.. America",■, the- postal authorities having ?.a'nY? arrangement with' express - carrying' ;ComT)aiii«s;';'. Chicks .were-mlso carried in 'England',. .but' lie: was not conversant with'' tln>-method followed there. The. Postmaster-General said that ho ims 1 . fjilly alive' to. the' importanco of the poul--.tryiindustryv and he was convinced that it was/going to bo of very great value insmall landholders/ Tho (Agricultural ! Department was' encouraging .:thr>''iiiilii'sti'Vs'in. every: possible way,'' and the.;. Postal Department-would help' ij. as TajfCastiwssible;lie .had'.' not been. aware 'that's, day-old '.chicks':'could .-"-'bo '.i,-'carried .-throushithe-' post'' until the ,fciet had been d)rou'Rlst : -to':;his notice''in Napier;.■and he 'liadxbeenjsurpriscd 'to'.learn- that' they Yiverefnot-'t-civbo- fed; fc-r three days' after thr-y came' out of tlsr- Khe!!. Tho 1 Dcjiart-:ment:s'was-Kalreadyf "making inquiries in remitting' '.the; carriage of eggs' .andiliyo-icliickg':-''; As'to -' the' earriage '' f ■chicks; vh'tt:''-would - go into,; Hiat ; *• matter .'rigaiii with the.'Department.The Depart-' ■nieiit 'lnul'. to! carry ..'nil: sorts-of packages, awl-nad: to'-'jiutlthe packages into" waterproof- hampers, ris.; they had, to bo...carried on' expre-wc.-: and.. conches/' 1 -. This--raised-,'a (hp carriage: of ':!iye:;:;clncks.:.'.iThe;-ind\!fitr.v-' was at: present: n .baby one, and if sprrial. provision ij.-i-.l -to:b6;made-iforoncor.hnlfja'dozen' pack*' ■-age's, costly.