DESTRUCTION CAMPAIGN.
! DIRECT MENACES TO GAME, j i (By Telegraph.—Press Association.),.*.,*. WELLINGTON, Tuesday. A campaign for killing hawks and shags, which are considered to be a direct menace to bird life and trout is being waged in the Rotorua and Taupo districts. Last month 58 were destroyed by rangers of the Department of Internal Affairs. In a few days' time the campaign, will no doubt -be' intensified on account of the price !>v the Ooverninent upon the heads and feet of : the birds—2/, in respect of. each'shag and 6d for each hawk killed within the Rotorua acclimatisation .area. Qfßeini to "that. • effect are now being I posted in the district. ,
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 201, 25 August 1937, Page 13
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110DESTRUCTION CAMPAIGN. Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 201, 25 August 1937, Page 13
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