SWINE FEVER
A JOHNSONVILLE OUTBREAK.
ANIMALS TO - BE' KILLED. A :
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WAGdiINGTON, ai/ay T 5. ; ;: An outbreak" ; of AomHs 'reported at Johsbnvilie/' Five farms, one of thorn ‘'dmrfeaiifiiig two hundred pigs, are affected. + The Agricultural DepartmentAnte'fids to kill off all the pigs on the affected farms. - ; ■ ■ ■'
Meantime, trenches are being dug in preparation for thei slaughtering’ of the animals. '
The relief workers at Johnsonville, who, it is understood are on' ' their ‘stand-down 7 , week, refused to dig thes<s trenches at' the ordinary sustenance' rates of pay, asking for ordinary labourers’ wages. It also is understood that city relief workers have been sent to dig the trenches.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 May 1933, Page 5
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108SWINE FEVER Hokitika Guardian, 16 May 1933, Page 5
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