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OPOSSUM TRAPPERS

A HARD SEASON

EFFECTS OF BLIZZARD

Opossum trappers in tho Wellington ' - acclimatisation district, ato finding the ; .season a rather hard one. It is stated * ■ that the marsupials are not so numerous • as many people suppose, and the effects of tho recent blizzard upon tho 'forests wore such as to mako trapping impossible for a timt>. This was especially tho case amongst trappers from Penearrow along tho coast to tho southern .Tararuas, all the southern •;. lispect of the high country receiving ;.-; an 'unusually largo coating of snow. :•'.". This fall was so heavy in parts that 'i the trees broke under the weight of tho sndw, and the traps and trap lines were obliterated until it thawed. It

is reported that a great deal of damage to the forest as a whole was caused by the storm.: Many of the trappers _ f ,wero barely making ends meet without -■■; ;this added misfortune, and, largely on ;-. account. of the unfortunate plight or. •"■; the men affected by the ravages of the ' ' storm, the season has been extended tor •;:, a fortnight, and wall now close on ' September 15. ' '" ■"■"

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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 55, 3 September 1934, Page 11

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OPOSSUM TRAPPERS Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 55, 3 September 1934, Page 11

OPOSSUM TRAPPERS Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 55, 3 September 1934, Page 11