ILLEGAL FISHING
RANGER OBSTRUCTED ' MEMBER OF GAME COUNCIL FINES AND GEAR CONFISCATED £bY TELEGRArn —PRESS ASSOCIATION] ASHBURTON, Friday In the Magistrate's Court John D. Catcs was lined £3 for obstructing an acclimatisation society ranger, £2 for stroke-hauling, and 10s for using au illegal rod. He was ordered to pay £3 12s costs and his gear, valued at about £7 10s was confiscated.
In evidence, it was stated that the defendant, who is a member of the Acclimatisation Society council, was fishing with two others on a small stretch of the Ashburton lliver.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23263, 4 February 1939, Page 14
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