SLAUGHTER OF INNOCENTS
ttyiitisll r'U’iVACi-: mu., ] > i:a th -i >em ax i m x<: fa sii iox s. By Telegraph—Press Assn. —( 'opyright. I.OXDOX, March lit. Iteceived March in. 9. In p.tn. In the House of (’iTinmons Mr llolihonse. in moving Hie second reading of til e Plumage Bill, said that the evidence in support of the measure from travellers, sportsmen and others was overwhelming. The plumage of seventyseven thousand agrels, twenty-live thousand humming birds and one hundred and sixty-two thousand kingfishers had been sold in I-ondon during .lime. 191.1. The Paradise birds of Papua and the lyre birds of Australia had been almost exterminated. Britain, lie contended, was acting towards her colonies as receivers of stolen goods, and lie hoped that an intercolonial conference would be held to go into 1 lie matter immediately.
Several members opposed the measure owing to the loss of trade. The Bill passed the second reading by two hundred and eighty-four to twentyseven.
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Southland Times, Issue 17599, 11 March 1914, Page 5
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