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my Iftrtr thia martin* "flats” wart spelt “plot*.” I omitted the reason why myprior rights to peaceful ings were being|depreaateft the haphazard introduction pf HWB?' try. Localbodies rates. Is this thnteason w>O» to the< of our Hty? ' Shod^KMinf. bodies, ; and be rtnfined inWWbtWi to'.etfnew mWMtJgtßlfll 11-i Yours, etc., ■ J [W NorthOtago rabttibortda- fS "s’andbrtrttf meeting at Bien* helm, where I feel-lt wffl be car* knfIrWWFTIWW going to afl&f thera|nthefutrte?Bfony thou* sands nt hares are killed by shocrt*,andnig6t shooters account fora* many. This is not hindering .the rabbit boards. Every hare‘killed this way , ig a. saving of some |og r a head to jts board. The average board’s balance sheet reveals expenditure of about £VOM required to kill £3OOO [rabbits and hares. When the hare is devalued each board will have to double its Staff and double rates. . Yet the runholders kill them their own way and leave I farms as they are. We would sooner face the. hare than double rates.—Yours, etc., G. E. JONES. Fairlie, June 26, 1959. *
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28937, 3 July 1959, Page 3
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