TOO MANY PIGEONS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21772, 11 October 1932, Page 12

TOO MANY PIGEONS

V. . ■,■ I'.’;-; ' M NjiSANCE " At HAMPSTEAD .. ;• CUTTING OFF FOOD SUPPLIES.

Hampstead has too manypigeons, says a London writer. Hampstead is inclined to like pigeons—but only iii small doses. So Hampstead has decided to get rid of them. It'ls going to do it .by kind- •• ness--by cutting off their supplies. Thi campaign is \in the hands of Mr * Prank S. Hill, assistant administr&tiva . officer of the Public Health Depart- ’ ment. " Pigeons,” he says. “ are an infernal nuisance. They peck the mortar from the house's. ; They fool gutters tad drains. They make n lot of noise. Now ‘ / I have been told that pigecns only breed up to the food line. In other words, cut off the food and the pigeons: will go—t r—somewhere else.”. 5 s. % f So Hampstead is now plastered with notices asking the public to refrain • from feeding the pigeons. Of course, there is a large “kin£ old lady ,element in Hampstead. But Mr Hill says that already there is quite a comiderable body of public opinion on his side—although lie has no powers to enforce the “no feeding” order. \ The writer says: “After leaving Mr Hill I went in search of a pigeon. I armed myself with a biscuit and set off. Up Haverstock -Hill, round the ponds, f acres s Hampstead Heath. Not a pigeon. Perhaps they had read Mr Hill’s notice. i “At last, iii Fellows road, I found two fine specimens. ' NobodyVwas in , eight. Dainty portiohs of biscuit brought them a little nearer, , “Then a voice spoke: 1 Young - man I Have you not reqd the notices?’ -v ' “Public Opinion had caught me redhanded. I had to apologise.. He was a ■ very nasty tempered old gentleman—but lie was Public Opinion, and, a . ratepayer. - lie made that quite clear.” ~ : i