RAIDS ON PLANTS.
Sir, —I saw a letter from a correspondent complaining of daffodils being stolen from a country section. It would be a good thing i! some of these plant thieves were taken to Court, to make an example. I heard that in one district the owners were combining to watch for these vandals and to share any expense of suing them. I hope it is scr. Twice have thieves just escaped me. From everywhere comes the same tale—manuka on roadside and section cut down i'or firewood, shrubs and ferns, bulbs, fruit trees and fruit stolen. Many of us with bush sections would be pl'eased to give many young native plants, but will make those who help themselves pay dearly. Firewood can always be bought from those making a living by it, often from a returned soldier. I was glad to see someone had to pay £lO for shooting a native pigeon. I think it will not be long before plant thieves suffer in the same way. Section.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20961, 26 August 1931, Page 12
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