LEVY ON RABBITERS

Southland Times, Issue 24766, 10 June 1942, Page 3

LEVY ON RABBITERS

Sir,—ln answer to the three correspondents whose letters appear in your issue of June 5, let me say that I have a good all round knowledge of rabbit trapping. I know what a rabbiter should earn at present prices working, say, 100 traps. “Be Fair” is just about as unfair as he possibly can be. If he cant’ earn more than £4/10/- a week he should call himself the same name as he called the summer trapper. I don’t want “Be Fair’s” rabbit skins, but I do want your correspondent to know that neither he nor his colleagues are getting away with the tales they are putting over in your columns. There is nothing to answer in Mr McCauley’s letter. “Full-time Rabbiter” rightly points out the disabilities of a summer trapper, which is all the more reason why he should welcome and adopt the present arrangement which is at least sound in principle. TAXPAYER.

Sir,—There has been some correspondence in your paper about the 4/- levy on rabbitskins. That is 4/- in the £l. If skins are taken to be worth £5 a hundred, that means the rabbiter is paying £1 a hundred on all rabbits he catches in the winter. Does he get back £1 a hundred in the summer or just 5/- in the £1? CURIOUS.