AFFECTED WITH TICK

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12606, 17 November 1926, Page 11

AFFECTED WITH TICK

6ARRED FROM ROYAL SHOW *•l • - s . d r r^BREEDERS. DBAPtOINTEff " NORTH AUCKLAND CATTLE Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, November 16. ' About 18 bead of cattle, brought In front Whangarei, Dargaville, add Taka--iiinii were not permitted to enter the . dhow groundß at the Royal Show !to'tojOG ''Because they were, found tp 1 Bs§P affected with tick. At a conference.-with officers of the Stock Department, the Royal Show authorities! undertook to take every rare ■'to ' sod that'no animals affected rith tick would be exhibited, and, in iccordance with the arrangement then tnade,,.sijc« inspectors conynenced work at the entrance of the show grounds at 4 o’clock this morning, and subjected each beast penned to a most minute examination. , If a tick or two ■were found on one. animal which UC- ' others in their’ journey: to' ,;fAuMdand the whole group was barred. ’ “,‘Tho“decision of the inspectors, caused keen' disappointment to intending ox-" 1 hibitors whose cattle were not permitted to enter, but the inspectors, carried out their work with tact and firmness, and their decisions were upheld by the show authorities. Arrangements were immediately made for the spraying of the affected animals. 1 RAILWAY TRUCKS BLAMED ■Cattle of nearly every 'breed came ' unde*: the ban of the inspectors. One . group of Jerseys was owned by A. ■ iwatfiifts, of Takanini. . He r afterwards r stated that tick was not to be found' on . his farm, and considered his cows pioked up the pest in a railway, truck. This, he stated, was in a dirty condition when it was made available to him. The Jersey Breeders’ Association intends taking the matter up with the department. Visitors from Australia stated that Australian cattle were barred from being exhibited in New Zealand for fear of bringing tick and disease into the country. It appeared, they said, that from the experiences of owners of cattle which were barred from 'theshow to-day there was no more fear of tick and disease spreading from Australia than there was from one part of New Zealand to another. All cattle paddocked in the showgrounds to-night will be inspected by the department’s officers before beinji penned to-morrow morning, and nil cattle leaving the show on Tbnrsdav for thq* north* for /Taranaki, and for P o ints§pyth : of TeAWamutu will be strong -disinfectants before tneTraeparture from Auckland. ;