23 MAY 1931, Page 18

HUMANE SLAUGHTER IN GENEVA.

The Duchess of Hamilton and Miss Lind-atHageby arranged, under the auspices of the Geneva Bureau of the Animal Defence Society on May. 15th, a successful _ demon- stration of mechanical humane slaughter in the municipal abattoir of Geneva. Promiges were given by the official representatives that the demonstration should bear fruit and that the present method in use should be changed.—(Miss) L. K. .SCHARTAU, The Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society, 35 Old Bond Street, London, W. 1.