Instances of magpie-bitten children, harried native birds, the impossibility of using carrier pigeons, some of which were occasionally destroyed and generally chased, and the destruction not only of other birds' eggs, but fit their young ones, by magpies were given at the acclimatisation societies' conference at Wellington, and the following resolution was carried:—That owing to the many authenticated reports of the destruction by magpies of native and imported birds, the Minister for Internal Affairs be requested to remove the protection from them at the request of any acclimatisation society.
V.'HY PAY MORE? Save 25 per cent Exchange and heavy duty by buying New Zealandmade Lawn Mowers. They are good and we stand behind them." "Empire" Ball Bearing 595, "Masport" Ball Bearing 79s 6d. "Masport" Plain V>_-urim?s 67s Cd. Sheffield steel. A Chris'chirrch schoolmaster writes: "The Masport machine is the best I hare ever used. I never before realised that a Lawn Mower could be so easy to handle." Call and gee then, 11.-istio Bull r.nd Pickering; I.ici., Ca ;h'] ' G
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21285, 3 October 1934, Page 10
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