This Stock Embargo Must Go

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 25, 30 January 1937, Page 5

This Stock Embargo Must Go

Southland Breeder Relates His Experiences WHEN AT ENGLISH ROYAL SHOW Per Press Association. INVERCARGILL, Last Night. His feelings when ho attended the English Royal Show at Bristol last year and watched buyers from every other part of the world buying the cream of Great Britain’s stock while New Zealand breeders were forced by the livestock embargo to stand aside and, as he said, envy them their opportunities, were described by Mr. A. S. Holms, Waimanaka, a well known Hereford cattle and Romney Marsh sheep breeder, in a talk to members of the directorate of the Southland Metropolitan A. and P. Association to-day. The regular meeting of the directorate had been adjourned and Mr. Holms talked informally of experiences on his recent visit to Great Britain and the Continent. “I did feel resentment that breeders of the Dominion were blocked from buying at the Royal and other English shows,” said Mr. Holms. “Buyers from many other countries were active at Bristol and representatives of Australian interests were buying extensively. There is no doubt that Australia is making a strong bid on the London lamb market and we cannot afford to ignore this, challenge. I found everywhere in England strong objection to the embargo and I think it high time New Zealand removed the cause of those feelings. New Zealand is the only part of the Empire with this Embargo and it is the farthest country from Great Britain. Experts assured us that it is not necessary and the Dominion must consider doing away with these restrictions.”