VALUABEE CATTLE SUFFER.

Taihape Daily Times, 5 August 1919, Page 5

VALUABEE CATTLE SUFFER.

LONG JOURNEY BY ROAD. DEPA‘R’I‘MENT REFUSES TRUCKS. ' TE KUlTl,'Friday. ‘ H A mob of pedigree eat-At-le_ which_¢have al-.rived_here en route’ from Inglewood tor-Ngatea are in a deplorable condition, owing to wa_.n‘t of ,feed. Fmther. hardship ‘is being caused_by the refusal of the Railway Department in provide trucks for their conveyance by rail, The owner, Mr T. ‘Davidson, has sold his farm at Inglewood, and i's‘_tak_ing the herd ‘through, as cattle of_ such quality. are unprocurablc in the new district. Included in the llerE{_are two very high-class pedigree bulls and 35 heifers, most of which are in calf. A number of the cows were exhibited in a show, but they are far from show condition now. Several cost up to £225, and -one cost £250.

The cattle left Inglewood on July 23, and found no feed On the Way until they reached the Mangaotoki Valley, and all were Well when Paemako ewas reached on Thursday. When Te Kuiti wasireached that evening it was too late-to secure food, and hay; was bought to-day. Many of the animals are new seriously exhaus’ced_ . The stationmaster ‘regretted that it was not in his power to accede to the request" for trucks. I Accci-dingly: fiche Mayor, Mr G. P. Findlay, was seen. and he telegraphed to the Minister for Rail--ways, stating that grazing was not pro.curable, and asking if the animals could. be railed to P-aeroa. ' - , --