SHOOTING OF PIGEONS
PUKETI FOREST POSITION ~ - • v bp , ■ • , ' ■NO EVIDENCE OF POACHING -[by telegraph—-own correspondent] J - ; 7 ' KAWAKAWA, Thnrsdaj<.\ No evidence of the shooting of native pigeons and tuis in the Puketi Forest, complaints regarding which had been received by the Minister - of Internal Affairs) the.Hop. WE. .Parry, were received at a meeting of • the Bay of Islands Acclimatisation Society, held in Kawakawa to consider the complaints. The society's permanent ranger stated ■ that he had visited , the forest several times during the shooting season and at other times during the .year with"out seeing sighs of illegal'shooting. This was substantiated by-workers employed / in the forest. ■ . A member of the council pointed Out that the forest had an area of 13,295 f 'acres of virgin bush, the adequate '.'ranging of which was a task beyond the means of the society. • ' ■lt was decided to irtstruct the ranger to pay further'attention; to the forest ■ and to advise the Minister accordingly.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23428, 18 August 1939, Page 15
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157SHOOTING OF PIGEONS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23428, 18 August 1939, Page 15
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