STUD STOCK EMBARGO

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 78, 24 December 1937, Page 7

STUD STOCK EMBARGO

— Press Associatioil.)

Dangers of Fool-and-Mouth Disease S0UTHLAND 0PINI0NS

(By Telegiaph*

»i ■. ... INVERCARGILL, Last Night. The question of the lifting of the embargo on live stock importations from Great Britain was debated to-day when the Southland provincial executive of the Farmers' Union spent nearly an hour in discussing the merits of Mr. Lloyd Hammond's proposed regulations as compared with the restrictions which have been in force for years. The meeting confined its discussion to a comparison of the proposals for xestriction and was obviously against any removal oi the embargo. The president (Mr. A. R. Johnston) was authorised to elaborate for the beneflt of branches of the union new proposals which would be accompanied by a qualified veterinary opinion. "We are to-day fiddling on the top of a'volcano," declared Mr. D-. Marshall, who said that he had had practical experience of foot-and-mouth disease. "Britain is not able to control the disease, and will she take our meat experts if the disease becomes apparent here t It is my firm conviction that the embargo should be tightened up as much as possible. We have nothing to lose." "And everything to gain,,, added a member. According 'to the replies received, eight branches of the union in Southland are in favour of and three are opposed to the lifting bf the embargo. Reservations are made by the Pukerau branch that the quarantine period should be extended and by the Nightcaps branch that the embargo should not be lifted without a Government guarantee to farmers against loss.