FATE OF THE PIGS.
[BY KLIGBAPH — SPECIAL TO THS POST-V AUCKLAND, This Day. The Auckland Charitable Aid Board is at present faced with the question! of whether it shall continue or not to keep pige at the Costley Home for the Aged Poor at Epsom. The keeping of the pigs in the vicinity <sf the home--has been strongly cond'emssd by the Medical Superintendent of the home, but some members of the board display a reluctance to part with, the "gintlejnen that pays the tint." At -a meeting of the board last night one of the members (Mr. J. G. Rutherford.) put in a plea for the retention of the pigs, which, he said, were returning the board a revenue of about £475 a year. Another member (Mr. Dye) said that Ah© profit from the pigs was about £350 a year, or enough to pay the superintendent's salary. At the came time, he j agreed that the piggery was too near the home, and he thought that they Ghonld endeavour to find. a site wiere the pigs would not be a nuisance to either the inmates of the home or the neighbours. If such a place could not be found, he would be quite content to let £he pigs go. After some further discussion, a. committee was appointed to deal with the question.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 86, 12 April 1911, Page 3
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222FATE OF THE PIGS. Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 86, 12 April 1911, Page 3
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