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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 440, 24 February 1909, Page 10

: Some cutter men received';,. an/unpleasant,' surprise at. Stewart Island recently. Bumouri,..; had'roachedvthe that..tounsts.h'ad ! ,'i' ; been shooting pigeons,'arid the' ranger, 1 while-./ enjoying a holiday, at 'the- islarid, ■decideS.'!t<J7- 1 combine. : business'• with''"pleasure,""Hearing;some • Shooting .. ono day, ' -he. Joined " the: shootist, who .was on the beach firing, at shags/' and j who'-mistook'..him .fpr,:'a ,tourist. While .the granger: ,was, ;l coinplimentingV:th9V; marksman' on his skill, the latter's mate' iuO rived,;• put. .'down^ar.' goodly-' sTOg'-.of :.pigeon»:X from: the') bu'shj' '.'and .stood round as: though expectmgr ! 'his'i'sbire! :.bf;the! - : These (says :the' ."Southland Ernes");-took , . : the form' ranger's official status, a confiscation of the ipigefins, , : and;.an' that'' the"offender hear,:some.'moro' fiji/ the.; §j#r£. But .{Kis ~^as"X not all thfc trouble. It is an ofFonco,for"cufc-," ters. to carry'firc&riTis wijthont,^erifnissibii;'and ~ ;th'e.. of.;: tKefJaffajrLi"'searched the ■ vessel: on; rivalat' Bluff j; iina '. ■ Hook^possessiori/of'thefgias^C: ' jj;<