PREVENTION OF ANTHRAX.
BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSAL. Received April 8, 8 p.m. London, May 3. In the House of Commons Sir Hamar Greenwood, Under-Secretary to the Home Office, moved the second reading of the Prevention of Anthrax Bill, empowering the prohibition of importation of goods infected or likely to be infected with anthrax, the compulsory disinfection of infected wool or similar goods, and the establishment of State works for disinfection of infected goods at importers' cost.
Sir ffamar Greenwood said that despite all precautions the number of cases o! ant.iiras in wool and allied trades \va3 steadily increasing. The Bill was based on the unanimous recommendation of a committee representing the trades concerned. A process was recently discovered for eliminating the anthrax germ without affecting the material The cost of establishing the first disinfecting station was estimated at over £40,000. Renter.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 May 1919, Page 5
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140PREVENTION OF ANTHRAX. Taranaki Daily News, 8 May 1919, Page 5
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