“A DOG’S LIFE.”

Putaruru Press, Volume VI, Issue 268, 24 December 1928, Page 5

“A DOG’S LIFE.”

WORK OF DEFENCE LEAGUE. “A Dog’s Life” is a phrasa that is coming to have less and less of its original meaning. The British Home Office (says the London Morning Post) has now extended its care beyond the citizen to his dump companion—if it happens to be lost or strayed. An o-der has gone forth that the sccommodat’on for dogs brought into police stauons must be of a certain standard, so that in some districts there has been a sudden ordering of kennels. Sir William JoynsonHicks promised the chairman of the National Canine Defence League (Sir Robert Gower) in the House of Commons recently, that the inspectors of constabulary should give the matter their attention. Now, before signing the certificates of efficriency on which depends the Treasury grant towards police maintenance, these officials must assure themselves of the comfort of the stray dog. The London police station is already “a good home.” There is a kennel, with clean straw, biscuits and usually more scraps from the mess than the four footed visitor can eat. But certain watch committees in the provinces have been niggardly, and the lost dog has not been provided with shelter and reasonable quarters. It is to remedy the defects in a few such places that the Home Office instructions have been issued.