"DEFINITE INFORMATION."

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8057, 28 February 1906, Page 3

"DEFINITE INFORMATION."

The '•Ellham Argus" has been investigating .the reports, uf serious loss of calves after inoculation in that district, and lias found thai on Ihe Kawhitiroa road alone 5:) calves have died out of 24:1 inoculated. dor couleinporai'v reports lhat Air Belcher lost I! out of :M inoculated; Mr llootcn. 5 out of 2!l; Air b. 11. Iviiii key. S out of 27; Air A. .1. Knocker, li out of liit; Air McLaughlin, 7 out of :!;); Ah' Alaher, 7 out of 25 ; Air Alasliu, li (ml of 12: Mr.l. Hartley, a out »l' .5 ; Air 11. Bond, 2 out of S; Air l>. .lulins, 2 out of II; Air McCarthy, :» out of ;jS; Air Coplcslonc, i out of 21. Only one settler escaped, pn.bahly because his calves 'were in poor condition. The best-conditioned calves sueeiuulied in everv instance. To use Ah' 1, .11. Kmic'kcv's colds "they were the biggest, the fallesl, and the best." Air'Alaher slated that lie and several others had reported the deaths to thc'Dcpartiiicut, bin none got any explanation beyond some briel directions us lu the disposal of the dead I animals. AI, Ihe meeting of lh- Taranaki Agricultural Socicl'v on Tuesday, Mr New Inn King, the President, stated lhat Air Cilrutli would probably al- - a meeting here .shortly on Ihe subjeel of Ibis article. Air lying adilcd lhat a lot of sensational tilings had been written lately about blackleg, and " Air Gilrulh has a peculiarly lulereslii!',''iianner of expressing h'u