§ Mr. FIELDasked the President of the Local Government Board whether his Department will arrange that proceedings are taken against Mr. Goulding, farmer, Ashley, for disposing of three tuberculous cows in defiance of the order of the Ring-wood Urban Council, and also knowingly offering diseased animals for sale in Salisbury market?
§ Mr. BURNSI have communicated with the Ringwood Rural District Council (there is no urban council in the district), and I find that they did not issue any order forbidding Mr. Goulding to sell the cows referred to, nor were they empowered to do so. Two of the cows were sold by Mr. Goulding to a Mr. Lewis, who subsequently had them sold at Salisbury Market. I understand, however, that Mr. Lewis was not informed by Mr. Goulding of the condition of the cows. The third cow is still in the possession of Mr. Goulding. The warning given him by the district council related to the use of the milk from these cows for human food, or to its use as food for swine or other animals until it had been boiled So far as I am aware, no legal offence has been committed either by Mr. Goulding or Mr. Lewis.