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SCAB IN THE BURNETT DISTRICT.
To the Editor of the Empire.
SlK-I ivas qui te unprepared for tho fool is li t ¡rode
of the Englishman of Saturday last, contradicting
the ahnve. If Iiis inquiries wore made nt all, be
must hove known the fact of a flock of sheep,
diseased with scab, having been odored to a party
at Ipswich, who indignantly refused to purchnso
them, and who wrote instanter to some of the
neighbouring stations to bo on theirguard against
scabbed sheep in the Burnett district !
Tlie suppressio veri may suit a cunning lawyer,
but is not requisite for an honest squatter. The
fact should beknown, men warned are mon armed,
if jour contemporary do not roverso the old
adage. It is ridiculous to conceal ginning facts,
known to all but your contemporary.
In bis own issue of above dato, Mr. Shnw, in
his nble lotter, states, " tho subject (scab) has
become a very serious one to nil, es-
pecially as the disease is still on the increase,
nr.d in all probability will overrun the whole conn
try."
The truth is, tho squatters may well excl iim to
"The Gentleman cf Saturday"-"Cull you this
backing of j'onr friends Î *
In conclusion, your paragraph was quito cor-
rect in substance- pei haps too general in its appli-
cation to the wbolo district; but of tho facts
above stated, " proof as stong ns Holy Writ"
is on record.
You need fem- no further contradiction from
" The Squatters' Friend.'1
Yours, Ac,
A SUBSCRIBER.
Monday, 29th May.
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