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Vets' Conference

The 49th annual conference of the New Zealand Veterinary Association was held in Gisborne, over January 31 and February 1, 2 and 3, at the Sandown Hotel. About 150 delegates attended the conference, where the principal guest speaker was Professor Bede Morris, of the Australian National University, Canberra.

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Local veterinarians attending were, from left, Lawrie Knight and David Mossman (Wairoa), Mac Wallace, John Peters, Pat Mathew, Harold Skyrme and Buster Neilson (Gisborne), and Frank Rowson (Tolaga Bay).

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Professor Morris.

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Miss B. F. Smith, national president, N.Z.V.A.

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One of the many interesting items on the extensive programme was the demonstration of a trailer-mounted operating table, using an anaesthetized horse.