RABBIT BOARD

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18503, 15 September 1934, Page 6

RABBIT BOARD

MONTHLY MEETING MIL ANDERSON’S GOOD WORK Tin l monthly meeting of the East Coast Rabbit Board was held this morning. when there were present Messrs. E. M. Hutchinson, in the chair, M. T. Trafford, Jv. M. Monckton, M. L. Holden and .1. 1). Anderson. The chairman and members of the hoard took the. opportunity of congratulating All'. Anderson on his promotion. They expressed regret, however, that lie would he moving to Taranaki, as he had nndnubledly done good work m the Poverty Bay district. Payments, for the month totalling £446 16s 2d were confirmed. It was arranged that- Inspector Burgess should make his annual inspection of the W’airoa area in (Ictober. '‘There is nothing outstanding to report for the past month. The countryinspected by me .since my last report showed few traces of rabbits,” reported Inspector 11. Burgess from Galatea. He had been over the native lands, Ruatoki block, and had found no traces. He did not hear of any rabbits in the Waimuna district, but-on the Te Teko block he came across odd signs near the llangitaiki lliver: the high country was not inspected. In the Galatea district some odd traces were seen near the Mangnaho Stream, the Ohutu Stream, and Taupaki. Galatea estate. An inspection of the Te Whaiti country did not reveal any indications.

Inspector Burgess, stated that lie had been in touch with Mr. Watt, of Tauranga with regard to the sandhills, but Mr. Watt was about to go on annual leave and could not meet the inspector. It was the inspector’s intention to do some patch poisoning on the Mnhaka River flats in the immediate future. Me i'oportod also that rabbits were killed during August as followsTe Toko 1, Galatea estate 6. Te IToubi 2; total 9. Dealing with the southern portion of the board's territory, the sub-inspector, Mr. T. R. England, stated that during the month he had inspected the coast between the Wairoa River and Whakaki, and over part of the Heroheretau block and Clydebank, and had found these areas dean. On (Hoi there were fresh signs of rabbits, hub no new signs were lotind at Waireka. There were still some rabbits in the slip on Woodlands, but they were very hard to reach. Run 7)8 was clean, and no fresh signs were found on I’utere, the I’lUere Crown lands, or at the Moliaka pa.' Signs of rabbits were reported to have been seen on Whakangaere, hut an inspection of the country showed these to lie hare signs. During (lie lambing season (lie rabbiters had been working only the dry sheep paddocks. Rabbits killed during the past two months were ns follow duly : Ngala pa, 2; Te line. 1. August: I'ihanui, 6; (Hoi, 2; Waireka. 2; Tufnokiiri. 7; total,