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Southland Times, Issue 25313, 17 June 1935, Page 5

At a meeting held recently the Dominion Executive of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union decided to request the Government to tighten up the regulations controlling firearms so as to check reckless and indiscriminate shooting on public and private property. A reply received by the executive from the Minister of Internal Affairs (the Hon. Sir Alexander Young) states that it is difficult to see how de-pai-tmental action can be taken, but the request will be kept in mind. “It has for some time been realized that with many persons out stalking deer,” the Minister states, “there is'always a danger of careless hunters wounding or killing other hunters by firing at moving bush, and as much prominence as possible is being given to the need for sighting the deer before firing.” The Stock Amendment Act, 1927, the Minister added, provided a penalty for any person who commits an offence by taking dog or gun on to private property and disturbing stock without authority from the owner to enter the property.