ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY.
LIBERATION OP PHEASANTS. WELLINGTON, Dec. 15. The Council of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society last night, on the recommendation of the Game Committee, decided to allocate 600 pheasants i as follows: —Pahiatua 50, Levin 50, Whiteman’s Valiey 15, Akatarawa 15, Pahautanui-Moonshine 10, Wainui-o-inata 35, Belmont (Pahautanui) 10, Johnsonville 10, Gollans Valley 15, Mungaroa 10, Palmerston North 90, Shannon 15, Makerua 5, Tokomaru 20, Turakina 25, Marton 40, Hunterville 20, Mangaweka 20, Taihape 40, Otaki 15, Te Horo 10, Nairongamai (South Wairarapa) 30, Wairarapa North 25, Wards 10, Raumati 10 and Margin 5. The curator of the Masterton hatchery advised that the following liberations of rainbow trout fryjiad been made during 1932: —Taihape 55,000, Mangaweka 25,000, Hunterville 5000, Oroua 35,000, Mangaha.u 20,000, Kourara 5000, Masterton 5000; total, 150,000. Mr D. Cox, Mangamaire, wrote asking if it would be possible to obtain a permit to cull some of the deer around the Tararua ranges, at tho back of Pahiatua. The herd around there was becoming very scraggy, and he thought it would be a good idea to shoot a number of the culls. It was decided to reply that there was no protection for deer in that district.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 15, 15 December 1932, Page 8
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197ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 15, 15 December 1932, Page 8
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