WOOL OR FUR?
RABBIT BILL MEETS PROTESTS AMENDMENTS DEFEATED (THE SUN’ft Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, Thursday. “This country has goe to decide i whether it’s going to be wool or fur.” j said Mr. T. D. Burnett, when making | a strong protest against a clause in ; the Rabbit Nuisances Bill, providing j for the importation of special fur-bear- ! ing rabbits such as chanchilla and angora breeds. The Hon. O. J. Hawken, Minister in charge of tho Bill, said that the provision was quite safe. These rabbits would never go wild. They would be bred for fur in small enclosures. Mr. G. W. Forbes, the Hon. D. Buddo and Mr. H. E. Holland joined in Mr. Burnett’s protest. The Hon. A. D. McLeod, Minister of Lands, said that members were being unduly nervous. Mr. E. A. Ransom said that the breeding of angoras would greatly assist smallholders and establish a profitable industry. A motion that the clause be deleted was lost on the voices. Another motion moved by Mr. Lysnar that Crown and Native lands be cxi empted from the operations of rabbit boards was defeated by 35 votes to 16.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 441, 24 August 1928, Page 13
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189WOOL OR FUR? Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 441, 24 August 1928, Page 13
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