POACHING ’POSSUMS.
ILLICIT TRAPPING. HAUL FOR THE SOCIETY. - (BY IKLEGB-4PH —PP ESS ASSOCIATION. WELLINGTON, July 21. \ Spurred by the knowledge that good* prices were obtainable- for skins, some opossum trappers decided to emulate the proverbial early bird, and did . not wait for the opening of the trapping season in the Wellington acclimatisa-' tion district. Rangers,- suspecting, the occupants of a camp in the Wairarapa were engaged in poaching ’possums, paid an unheralded . call,, - and. r found 254 skins, which they seized. Two campers subsequently .faced the magistrate, who ordered them to pay fines of £5 each and directed' that the skins be forfeited. These were subsequently sold, and realised 7s each. The fines and receipts from the sales . went into the Acclimatisation Society’s coffers. ' ' The season begins on July 1 and- : lasts six weeks, and . a license costs 50s, in addition to which Is per skin, royalty has to be paid. The number of licenses issued this season, .254, is a record. Skins bring good prices, and it is recorded that some which _ were sold by trappers for a few shillings two seasons ago were shipped to New York, where they realised £3 10s each.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 21 July 1925, Page 5
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195POACHING ’POSSUMS. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 21 July 1925, Page 5
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