CANTERBURY SHEEPOWNERS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 285, 28 August 1919, Page 8

CANTERBURY SHEEPOWNERS

.METHODS OF DEALING WITH THE . . . RABBIT NUISANCE. . By Teleuraph—Presß Association., ■ ; Christchurch, August 27. .At the annual, meeting! of (the Canter- • bury Sheepowners' Union, .the chairman, Mr. T. ;D. Burnett, in moving the adoption of tbe report and.balance-sheet, ition;tion'ed, inter alia, that tho union was in . ; no. wny up. against Labour, believing in ' "j the' true British principle that the other . i man should /be heard. . . . - Regarding the sale and distribution of meat,'it was agreed that no delegation should be sent to England to discuss tbe ~ question at Homo until. tho Federated • H Meat Committee' had been called toV 1 getlier. ' , • • 1 It was decided to approach the Minister of Agriculture .with a view to obtaining a reduction in the draft allowance on '. wool. It A was resolved' to take steps to form. ' a.jSfew.,Zealand 'Producers' Co-operative Association. . . The rabbit' niiisanco -'was discussed, and, it., was. agreed that Captain . Nealo 6hould be: written, to regarding . the use ' of.igas. in the destruction of tho pest. The .following resolution was'also carried: "That in tbe opinion of tho sheep■p'wners of ■ Canterbury ■ it is not in".the jiest interests of the province .that a 'lucrative trade should be- built up in ' rabbit export and rabbit fur; that tho '• national interests are best served by the extermination of tho rabbit." ' Mention was made of the ravages of keas among high-country flocks, and it ■was decided to urge the Government to tako more earnest steps to . exteriniato tho birds. •.