GAME PROTECTION.
MAN FINED £5. Roy Yelyin was charged at the Eltham Magistrate’s Court yesterday at fie instance of the Hawera Acclimati- \ I n U i oCiety witil having on May 24 /o- iwd^ lu , llls Possession one quail, and (4) with having taken or killed the bird without having a license under the ‘ Protection and Game Act. Mr D. Clement appeared for Velvin and Mr E. M. Beechey (Hawera) for tiie Acclimatisation Society. Mr Beechey said he did not press foir a heavy penalty. He would withdraw the charge of killing the bird. The_ magistrate said the law had been passed to protect game and people knew when they broke the law they hod to pay the penalty. . Sportsmen all knew this. He was aware that sportsmen were liable to temptation. He (his Worship! had no discretion in the matter, and^ would impose the minimum fine of £5, with costs 7s. —Arnus.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 6 August 1924, Page 5
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