EFFECT OF CLOSE SEASON

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 738, 10 February 1910, Page 5

EFFECT OF CLOSE SEASON

: !D'E^if:^^^6^'^ : '-'-- : ;i!f;'Tie ; decision of:the' Minister.forltnterf /;!..'! iialvAffairs, '.the;/Hon.' , 'D/'.-Buddo,'.?!to, ; ■'.: fetriotly enforce.:the.Stahite. ; with ". respect ■"■.;.. to vthe.. triennial'close ■,£e'asori:for;:iiative" v-:' ; ,.or'impo'rted game.v.despite.the represen--;',',tations,pf a'vreceht dep'titation from , ac- '.-': climatisation • societies■;-.that hares. "■;. arid; ■/■j:: euail: would become a: nuisance unless the' >;f:- discretionary powers vested; inthe Minis;! ;-■, :' : ,te'r;with,.regard":to. the: suspension of: the, •: '■". enfoTcement of. the; close season were; ex-' , ;.J .^-;eTcised,vbids".fairly -to creafe'.rather: a. , 'v.f Krions iwith: the; ':V:;'■■'finances'V>of j'.theV.principal;.societies,;,''cs- , .■•-.Vpeoially.;th(>se.in.',the''>lortli::lsland.."■'•'■' ",'.] '}!;'/' ; , : The':.absolute:^^closing down of-/tlie'isliobt-. !'^";)'..m^-'6f.':aU'..natiye' i ßnd.'imported''' i p[ame.:durr ;-',,'.: ing,; the -1910''seasdn'.Snll,■ it;"ls'J.afgiiedj ;": ..'mean' tint sportemen: will'.not. consider'it; :■;;■■>;':. /worth -while: to' take:-. out:■; gameV licenses; V '.-'■'.•'■vthat'; J 'the:f'Wellington .{Acclimatisation. '■:■ "•;., ebcietyS.will ib'.eseriously embarrassed fin :J^Vitej.'flpancesj^and:■ will:;rbe'/'uHable :to em'■'i",".;y\oy■ion .adeqiiate .nnmber; of ..rangers.'to; r : .;;,V:enfprce-'the. clb6e,;'seas6n; .'that; v therefpre,' :;•■.; ;.the.opportunity'.'of ;.ffie:poacher'iwill ■;be' :.;-■,. greater..;than.be/ore;-:and';tie/"close : '■sea-! ::'■/■:.son";will,reenlt in not:more.game biit' :V.:-/"iless game. w ; So far as' ;the/Wellington ,Ac-: Society.-: ia ■.. :: ':-ic6rding ;tp Mr. Jj: G. Eeid, :president;bf- .: ;:i.:: : the■'.society,: an..actual '--loss' of .?*.-', about; ,£400: will resn lt from , the , ; genera 1 ,;::';":: closing; .and'it: is :from'.tlfe:game:licehso ; ::-;.;-'..yievehue -that.the.expenses of adniiriistra-/ "■-'. : ; ■'■'- tioriTrranging," etc-^a re met. '■■.'■ . ■ : ' " In-another; way,;apart nnesv '■~t ioE of:ranging,.the "close season" "is'in ','::■■}'•':'■■'. dangeif of defeating 'its purpose, for there! ... v ;-;are..'d'.jstricts ,wher6 , the farmers: regard; :■..:.c-'qii|iil:'as:rKets,:aud.while:they may tolor r v'v::?ato them so. long is.;they 'are ; kept in - ---'''.check: by. .juuicioiis..,shooting,,'given ■Jα.;:f : -'clew season,'.'the' farmers 'will- lay "poison '".'■':' :•■•.' arid /'clear: out the, lot!" ; ;.-; : ; ; .: ;■ : '