At the meeting of the Otago Provincial Executive of the New Zealand Farmers' Union, Mr E. H. Muiney read a newspaper clipping which stated that Mr G. V. Pearce had hi ought froth the Old Country five English wood pigeons, which bad been presented t<? him from the King’s parks in London. Mr Murney stated that information in Ms possession showed that amongst grain crops these birds would be quite as destructive a* a mob of fowls would be. and possiW.v more so. He thought they would become a pe*t in a short space of time, and that the Government should be asked to.take fitens to have them destroyed immediately. A motion embodying the suggestion put forward by Mr Murney carried unanimously.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12196, 22 July 1925, Page 8
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