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Otago Witness, Issue 3595, 6 February 1923, Page 39

“In suitable places, birds were numerous, and the volume of song great and varied. ' said the committee of the New Zealand Institute appointed to visit Kapiti Island. “Makomako, tuis, and parakeets were abundant ; very many whiteheads were seen ; fantails, wrens, robins, and tits were fairly numerous; wekas were seen and heard everywhere. Few pigeons were seen. This is not strange, seeing that the pigeon, like the kaxa, is rather a visitor to the island than a permanent resident. Even 50 years ago, although pigeons might, lie very numerous on the island for a month or two in .each year, they passed most of their time on the mainland. Among the parakeets were several of the large Antipodes Islands species, liberated on Kapiti some years ago. The committee is satisfied that the caretaker is doing his work well, and that when the fence is erected and sheep are removed, the island will become a bird sanctuary in the proper sense of the term. Ibe completion of the work of exterminating goats cannot be achieved in 'a few weeks, seeing how many places are accessible only with great difficulty, but w e think that within a year goats should be very hard to find, ‘even if the last has not by then been killed.” A Wanganui Press Association message* states that Richard Signal, charged with frequenting streets for betting purposes, was fined £SO.