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[?] Transport For Territories Cattle
HE process of Introducing good class cattle to the Territory of Papua and New Guinea, to ablish there what could be a ie and profitable pastoral ustry, has been interrupted in ent months by unwillingness of powners to provide the necessary ghts.
Ir. M. J. Leahy, of Zenag, robe District, while in New ith Wales in June, noted that ble of excellent type could be ght at reduced prices, because of light. He lined up over 400 d. ut transportation from Sydney
to Lae was refused by the shipping lines, although the New Guinea Administration subsidises the intro duction of cattle to the extent of Ration u* ta the excessive charges made for con structing cattle-stalls on the ships— wages and materials, in Australian ports, have gone to fantastic levels, There is some further obstacle in unreasonable demands made by RSPCA inspectors.
It is reported that Messrs, Atkinson (who have established a cattle station at the head of the Markham Valley, in New Guinea) and Mr. Webb (who is interested in stocking a large pastoral area northwest of Port Moresby) have encountered similar difficulties, They wish to send additional cattle to the Territories, but shipping is not available.
Messrs. Atkinson in recent months got a few hundred head from
North Queensland to Lae by using: th? “landing-tank ship” Wewak — but this, of course does not permit of shipping cattle from southern States.
The Administration, which has been actively encouraging the cattle industry, is perturbed about the lack of transport for stock. It was reported in June that the Assistant Administrator, Dr.
Gunther, was doing his utmost to persuade shipowners to find some means of providing transportation. t The Lepers’ Trust Board, Christ church, NZ, has received a legacy of £3,000 from the estate of a well known Waikato farmer. The money will be applied to the relief of leprosy and tropical diseases in the South Pacific. The bequest came at an opportune time as the Board had already received a request for the extension of its work in the Solomon Islands. i The Tongan light-heavyweight boxer, Johnny Halafihi, had a points win over former British middleweight champion, Johnny Sullivan, in a hard 10-round bout at Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, late June.