“NO DOG OR GUN ALLOWED"
FARMERS IN GAME SANCTUARY. HARDSHIP ON THE SETTLERS. “According to the law they are not allowed to have a dog or gun . .1 their places, and they consider this is a hardship,” said Mr. T. Wilson, when referring to settlers in the Tataraimaka sanctuary at the monthly meeting of the Taranaki Acclimatisation Society last night. The chairman: They should have known the conditions when they made the locality a sanctuary. Mr. Wilson: But they did net. He pointed out that it was essential to have both dog and gun on farming properties. Personally, he did not think this prohibition in the Act was meant to apply to the owners of land in the area concerned. Mr. N. C. Fookes: I don’t think a farmer can be prevented from owning working dogs. Dr. Adamson pointed out that such a prohibition would practically place an embargo on the sale of the land, for the fact that he could not have a dog on the farm would weigh with a prospective purchaser. He considered the Act should apply to sporting dogs onl; and that a prohibition against the taking of "ame would cover the position. It was decided to ask the Department of Internal Affairs what its attitude on the matter was.
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 October 1929, Page 3
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