Since the opening of the season (reports the Dunstan Times) an unusually large number of sportsmen have been cut in quest of the feathered game and the ma, lority have had success. The best bag was secured by a couple of sportsmen in the Poolbpn Gorge—72 ducks for a couple of days. It is not generally known that thepukeko or swamp hen is protected by law tha vear Several cases are pending against sportsmen who are alleged to have> con> mitted a breach of the law (says the Lyttelr ton Times).
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Otago Witness, Issue 3400, 14 May 1919, Page 66
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