Veterinary Troubles.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLV, Issue 262, 21 December 1903, Page 2

Veterinary Troubles.

CQNDBMNEO CATTLE IN CHRISTCHURCH. (Per Press Association.) CHRtIfcSTCHURCH, Dec. 20. Mr JliacPlhiorsotti, Dairy Inspector, says ti.w statomewts «,t <a rwitt meeting of Ohri.stol(iimil dairymen l to tlie o!Kvt tilutt the übveiwucwt made a pro/it out of dairy caittle condemned uind k'i 1 Itv.i, are qjuitc incorrect, lie says the Government baa not made a penny t'liat way. With iv gaud to the assertion' that two beasts which litud -paJssed the test were killed ajnid iournd to be in a tei i ib-le condition, they had been condemned .and had boon' sent on to A'dUmg'tom to be driven to Belfast, ajiJ they wei-p slja*io!iitei-ed' at the same t/jmo as the other condemned beasts. it was kitwnvn thiat they neie diseased, The inspector sauti tlmt irnainy oi the stuteiuuiiis made "t the inwtiwg of ■ dairymen were wiid, uiiji uini'air to the ollicers of the Department. AH cattle condomnwd on the strongith of the test luuii j>iv>\'wi to be sutferiiing from tubwrculutris.

PINK-EYE. M|- C, J. Reftkps, actin®-CJijef Govemmtait VeLorjuiiuriujj j n Mr Gilruth's ulbsence, visited Cliristchurch to spociuiliy ensure j, nto the Uiweuse among horses, InterVwwed J if* eonie excttoment seemed to haive arisen from the use of Uie term ' •juink-eye,'' but that disease was influenza. In examining sick h'oisee he saw some exhibiting tne aijJixM.i-a'iiee which lyd to the t«mi "i/nHkt-eye" being applied to them, while otihwrs siwwed signs of the 'disease m a nrilUer fonn. He by the aiseft&c. i-fiei-e was no pcasiojn tfi behevp in Chnsitciuurch was dug tp the im-l>oi-ttvtion of TOfet-tioiii from South Australia gr Auiurica, Ho had been in Aew ZealaiiKd for nearly seven >*ars, aii4 h«id .seen lijuindi-ede of of influenza ajnaug horses at venous tjmps ijiiH'e he arrived here iiley wery t;x(ictly the as th»> cq,ses he Sftw thftt day, Thw® was- nothrng new aiboiut the disease Ho had iwt before seen so many horses attacked m one stable. U'he position howeier, was easily explained by tlw fact that the staible had become m-lectc-id aivd a large n'um!l»r of horseshad been gjaUa-rod togvtter there giving t/he disease aln oipporitjumity to 9 ni ß x v «u . before proper stops coujld be tftkesn to prefujvL'ht3r tipufbde, There was no ftepd for &la.r«i, I'Vpm his experience ha coulid say strainftiles, which nobody seemed t<j worry aibout caused ten times more trolubte ftuiong horyos than influeaza*.

Home for imbecile Children.

(Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Dec. 20. In a Iptter to tjip itpv, 'jV f. i{obertson regaling t|ip pr H) iosefl home ■ r :r ~n'. c ' fe!Tin S your letter of tho 24t4i ultimo I have the honor to inform you tiliat great difficulty. has been experienced at finding sites for homes for 'defectives, ©tc., that are in all respects suitable.' The emqjuiries now being made will I hope, be successful, and result in tihe estaitfishment of such homes ■at an early' date,

A £hnjs£chunch Sujclde.

(Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Dec, 20. At an inquest held yesterde*.at the hospital torching Uva dpaith of J«s. Fprwaifl, who died from the aftereffects of wounds in the throat selfinflicted, the jury returned a verdict that depth roswltipd from an attempt to commit suicide while deceased was temporarily insane.