CARRIAGE OF STOCK.

Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 29 January 1908, Page 10

CARRIAGE OF STOCK.

RAILWAY DEPARTMENT AT FAULT.. AUCKLAND, January, 2*. ■ Considerable _'. discussion took place at " •this afternoon's meeting of the A. and P. Association regarding: the inadequate facilities for carrying stock- to -the Auckland "markets by rail. .- ' -' Mr T. W. Waite, traffic "manager, wrote stating- that animals* received every attention. " f ' Mr Coates,' in referring to Mr-Waitea letter, complained of the serious delays experienced by northern stock dealers in bringing down stock from Helensville. t Mr Muir said .that five trucks of cheep" trucked at Drury yesterday arrived too late to be offered at the market sales. # Mr Thompson suggested that ' the ' in* speotor of cruelty to animals should be asked to inquire into the matter. It waa simply cruel to allow cattle to remain in the blazing sun for houre without water. A sub-committee was appointed to col-o lect epecafio evidence and bring it undei the notice of the traffio manager. - /

In Paris to know what time it ia when,L€ is too dark" to recognise the churoh clocks, one need only glance at the Eiffel Tower, where enormous eleotrie : numerals flash* out the time every minute. These aro visible from almost every point in the city, and even many of the suburbs. The experiments having succeeded, the new clock' is to remain a fixture.