Mr J. H. Jones, a rabbiter who has been engaged for some months in the Awamangu. Pukopito, and Blackburn districts, has succeeded in ‘asiomshing the natives” bv his successful shooting, (savs the Balclutha.'Tress”)- Mr Jones hails from Canterbury, and when at Awamangu he proposed to shoot rabbits tor their skins, the residents could not see, how it was going to pay. Mr Jones, however, by reason of his phenomenal markmanship, has succeeded in dispelling all doubts as to the commercial success oI ; his methods. In June, for exarnple, ho earned X 32, or nearly X 8 a week. He uses a small-bore hammerless breechloading shot-gun, and as a rule gets one, hundred rabbits for every hundred cart-! ridges expended.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6622, 11 September 1908, Page 6
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