The Rabbit Question. TO THE EDITOR.
Sir, — It is hardly worth while replying to .the insinuations made by Mr Watson Shennan in his letter in your last issue. The lawyer's triek — a weak case, abuse the other side. If I don't, however, he may imagine that his letter has crushed me. I may here state that I am a landowner, and have had perhaps more practical experience of rabbits than the majority of farmers, and at least I have been able to keep them down satisfactorily for the last sixteen years, chiefly with pollard poisoning. And I again repeat the statement that in February, last year, I never saw anything like the rabbits I saw on Mr Shennan's property, even if there are only three to be seen now. The only mistake, as I stated, is that he ought to ..have been prosecuted long ago. The inspectors have lots of friends, and are doing splendid work, and they can never be done without. Long may they continue to flourish, say I. Perhaps when I am summoned I may turn against them, and also start squealing. To quote our favourite bard, Oh, wad some power the giftie gi'e us, To see oorsel's as ithers see us. — I am, etc., FAIR PLAY.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2454, 27 March 1901, Page 15
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