The Waikato Times.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 925, 28 May 1878, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

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... TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1878. ?':

The late case, of alleged scab iu Mr Jolly's flock, which formed, last \veelc,-t'he subject , of, ja case in the Auckland Police Court, must not be allowed to ■'drop. v The. flock mas"lers of, , Ay^j^katq. .owe it to fchemselves to have the circumstances of the case probed to the bottom, for it •affects... the value of cvefy sheep in Waika'to. Mr Jolly, it will be seen/ in a. letter published in to-day's issue : calls upon Mr Lewis,' the Auc']d.ipci Sheep Inspector, to make good his .proinise that he AyoulcL if Mr Jolly's sheep wore passad by .the local Inspector came up to Waikato' and find scab; in. his flock. That.. Mr, Lewis will, accept the challenge • is ; scat'cely likely. At any ra'fce,'some three weeks have now passed since Mr Ptnnciman inspected and passed the flock sis -The geiioral opiiiion •; appears' to be, and 'tlie presumptive evidence leads to the conclusion that thereiis no scab Jo .find. A. portion of the s'tin of the sheeg which: formed * ne cause of action la,st' wcekin the Police Court, was exhibited in Hamilton on Saturday, and seen by several experienced moil: hi sheep! management, ali'of whom laughediat the idea: . of scab, and pointed \ out that if scab were the ca'use of Jthe injury to the ?kin, young wool would not bp gi'owing on the actual, spot and the old woql around the injured portion of the skin bo souiul and good as f.vjr it was. As we have said, the cause is not • that of ill' Jelly, alone, but of all Waikato. JTlticka on both sides the ' river h'.ve mixed with his, aud these

I again with others so that the matlor LhaitataJbecomo a public question ■PPgeWer, and if the impression is bjjjovv&d l*o get abroad that scab y^Ujg^'in Waikato, as it tnoat nnRlotraraadly will if it be not dis|tf ro a»r 'n *ne present instance, isliejraHiwill be to a certain extent dtraprorated in value. What we like to see would be a common movement organised among 1 sheep owners in Waikato to get the judg---'irTeftt* "of 1 tlfd^BesidenVMagisttate'a Court quashed, and a thorough investigation made into the actual "factß"-'-of*th: e'casei i: "''"l3he"skin r-;oi^the, diseased'portion 6f ifc/at: any rate, isi procurable, so that there should be* 1 no real, difficulty 'in., deciding the question apart irona all Jbcondaryf evidence, such as the fact whether or' no scab is to be found in the remainder of the Iflock, and other matters which we pointed out in a previous i'issuej asi all'it'encUhg" to*show that the itfjitry^o the skin was not scab at all. We now learn that th'e skin' was" actually produced in Court during the cas«, and that Mr Hesketh, defendant's solicitor, then arid there declared his willingness to drop th e d e'fence if the insect could be shown | init^but thajLthe Resident Magistrate ! refused'" to allow of any such arbitrament. An appeal we also learn has been lodged, and we j would' suggest that ifche carrying of it out be iintlerjbaken asl. a matter; of com-s rnon concern by the. sheop^whers,, ofi j Wailsato,' so 'far'afc least as pro^ngf [the fact: fchafr\ Scab did! not exi|jjpn| .the fleece, in question,.leaving't<^|^ i Jolly as a'inafcteVof private qoncjlp for his own consideration tta s fi%-! ther prosecution for damages.; 33utf this much, we do think, the sheepowners, of-thej district are in their own interests?, called?' iupon to t.Uat-^the, district is free from the taint which the late* judgment^ has affixed to it. '. ' I j i I i