MOTUNAU RABBIT BOARD.
NEW DISTRICT FORMED. The fifel rfleetiMg of the ratepayers #f the Bowly-conßlitutod Motunau Babbit Board dlfctrlet Was held la th» GMtft Vftlldy Ichtiolf<JMh misbtiy. The it66tlng was tailed by the returning officer (Mr W. T. Lindsay) Id gift atl oppdrtuMtJ td ilotalnsto ratepayers As c&bdidites for the first Babbit Board o( this, area, whirth hltd baefi severed from the Htirunui flsbbit Board district. Considerable dissatisfaction Was expressed by several property-owners included in the new Area at being so included without being consulted or advised in any way of what was taking place. Mr Koftaafi Campbell explained that t6ey had beiri advised by their solicitor to move QUletl? in the matter of establishing; th 6 irea And securing severance from the HufUhui Rabbit Board district, SO as not to id any Way antagonise the abdve-nientiongd Board. He further explained that there was about 17 miles of rabbit boundary to fence, at an estimated cost of £220 par folia. It Was stated that approximately £4OOO would be required. Mr Oaiupbelt said that ths new area would only reqaifS to provide half of thtt amount, the Other naif being found by the adjoining rabbit diilrfct ap contiguous owners. It was retoWed that as SoOa aa eoflftnitnt after 'the lifted was elected, another meeting should be called to discuss the matter further. <
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18678, 29 April 1926, Page 13
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