“NO POISON” IN CARROTS”
Forest Service Assurance (N.Z. Press Association) GREYMOUTH, July 23 Pieces of carrot which a Greymouth businessman discovered on She roadway and near bridges in the area between Wainihinihi and Taipo on the route to Canterbury, would not have been treated with 1080 poison as used on bait air-dropped by the New Zealand Forest Service in its pest killing campaign on the West Coast.
This assurance was given today by the assistant Conservator of Forests. Mr A. W. Williams. Hokitika. Mr Williams said the carrot pieces on the roadway must have fallen from the back of trucks carting loads to the atrstrip, the fly-off point for the aircraft which distribute the bait. “And the carrots are not poisoned until they arrive on the strip,” said Mr Williams.
Even if some of the poisoned pieces hod been swept down in the creeks—something which he very much doubted—the action of the water would have destroyed the effectiveness of the poison, he said.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19630724.2.160
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CII, Issue 30191, 24 July 1963, Page 16
Word Count
163“NO POISON” IN CARROTS” Press, Volume CII, Issue 30191, 24 July 1963, Page 16
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.