CHINESE CONSUL
alleged cruelty to cats.
,By Telegraph—Per Press Association.'
WELLINGTON, November 9
The Chinese Consul here states Several of my countrymen have made representations to me regarding the statements made in the Magistrate s Court at the hearing of a case against a Chinese, charged with cruelty to cats. According to the newspaper reports it was alleged as the defence that in China all cats are confined in small boxes during the planting season. This statement is absolutely untrue and is a fact in China that cats are highly valued. and when bought and sold the proud purchaser will beep a cat in a roomy basket for a day or two until it becomes acquainted with the people of the house. Tam assured by those well acquainted with the rice growing districts that it is not the custom to keep cats in confinement during the planting season, nor at any other time, save as already mentioned.
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Hokitika Guardian, 10 November 1930, Page 5
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