THE OPPOSSUM
ITS PROTECTION ASKED FOR
(Per Press Association)
WELLINGTON July 24
Speaking at the Acclimatisation Conference yesterday, the President said, that one of the most important matters the Conference had to deal with was to get -protection put on the opposum again as. soon as possible. He thought the oppossum had been condemned without a fair trial aiid that the Government had made ;i great mistake in removing the protection.'; . :- : ■-.-. : ■ '■•.•■ '.. •■'•' ' : ' ; ;■■ ■; "^ •■■•
The Conference passed a resolution that the Government I>e -urged to reinstate protection on opossums, providing for an open season . during three months in each year, viz;,, May, June and : July or subject to recommendation of the local society ;; that ; a license fee of '^1 and.i upwards be imposed,: and that all -skins taken during an" open^season :must : ;beVsold;with in- thirty after; the "close"" of "the. season. . .. ■■ ■.-■ ■-. ;■:•; "' • ". ' ; "' : - '
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Grey River Argus, 25 July 1913, Page 6
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138THE OPPOSSUM Grey River Argus, 25 July 1913, Page 6
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