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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5191, 10 November 1877, Page 3

On the question ns to perpetuating the present system o£ prohibiting the importation of stock, the Sydney Mail says :—“ Mr. Curr, the Chief Inspector of Stock in Victoria, has unconsciously done the Australian a great service. His paper on the importation of stock, which was written with the object of keeping an absurd prohibition in force perpetually, caused a deputation from the Victorian National Association to wait upon the Victorian Premier, to request that gentleman to use his influence with other colonies, so that the ports of all might remain closed, an action which resulted in an opinion from the Victorian Premier that prohibition was a rough and ready device of barbarism. Apart from this, Mr. Curr has succeeded in arousing other colonies, but not in the way he desired. South Australia has been long silent on the question, but the Adelaide Observer now speaks out. ‘ The result of Hr. Curr’s paper,’ says that journal, ‘ has been that the society has adopted a resolution urging the Government wholly to prohibit the introduction of foreign stock into tho colony. Of course, if this is approved by the Administration, it virtually also means the exclusion of all stock coming from any other part of Australia, as, if the other colonies open their ports, the Victorian Government must consistently prohibit the importation of stock from places which have thus run the risk of contagion.’ ”