STOCK FOR SHOWS.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 1, Issue 80, 1 April 1913, Page 4

STOCK FOR SHOWS.

• I l-Treatment on Railways. A Will be Remedied in '• Future. e Ai the last matting of the Frankc li u A. ana f. Association some sharp criticisms were made concernirig tne treatme t which stock rtceivts when travelling over our e railways. The Association decided to join with a "deputation of cornel plaint" to the Minister ior Railways, and their were ventilated in Auckland uii Wednesday. the Minister promised better - ariangemtnts woul.l be maae in tuture, and also undertook to issue fresh Lstiuctit-ns to the wfcol; Beivire that on all occasions live stock should be given p<efere„ce over otner freight in the composition of goods trains. Mr Wiltrid Johnaione dealt particularly witn tne rough treatment of stock at Ptikekohe recently. He said a special trai i was p;omised, and to atsist the Department exhitiitois had trucked all ihtir stock by 6 p.m. k The tiain arrived shortly before mias, night four hours late, and then stock d waggons for Papakura and Papatoetoe were left beuinc, though waggons of timber ano empty tiucks v»e*e taken on. Hie stocn suffered greatly from the treatment, and unlets they reccivtd Some guarantee of rtator.8, able t.ansport, many people would not agbin trust Ueir show animals to the railways. rhe to mister replied that there were certainly grounds for complaint regarding the handling of stock at Pukekuhe. An trror of judament ~~ had been made by tn officer of the Department, and an enquiry was now being made regarding the ° matter tare would be taken that this occuirenjt was not repeated.