REMOVAL OF OPOSSUMS.
S.' TRAPPED OUT C-F SEASON.m - i ' : - T - ' POACHERS,' HEAVILY FIFED[ETC; TELEGRAPH.—PRESS -" ASSOCIATION.] ' WELLINGTON, Monday.. -j •;? Two men• came 'before the Police .Coartfev to-day, : charged •: with th& illegal ; reinoyal||i of; : opossums: It -/'was alleged .1 against Henry Ohettick , and Joiieph August that ;they - took' opossums without' a license, tcM|§ ?noving th<>ni out of season." ' ■It was / stated 7 that;' the ' movements*' ofjm the ■ accused had been closely watched by. rangers .employed by..-. the • Acclimatisation, Society. 1 A, number of opossum .traps were found, which had : been : set by thi accused. : It was ' difficult to -: detect offenders ■in such •cases, and a heavy fina was asked for if a conviction, were ; re-3! corded. . .. / * ■ „ .... The • magistrate ? agreed : that small Spel were useless, 'as ■ large profits could/; bg $■§ made from ' the practice. Accused ;; werfl fined JJ2S. 7-.:7/';7.:/7 7-- .- ; \ • J''
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18459, 24 July 1923, Page 6
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138REMOVAL OF OPOSSUMS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18459, 24 July 1923, Page 6
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