AUGUST IS BIRD MONTH

Taranaki Daily News, 3 August 1931, Page 9

AUGUST IS BIRD MONTH

A MINISTERIAL MESSAGE. in its.endeavoiir to foster more interest anti -helpful, thought Among the general public, the New Zealand Native Bird Pr - tcctibh Society is coiicehtratihg this month oh bird protection. Its efforts are cordially supported by the jAihister for Iritetrial Affairs (Hoh. P. A. de la Perrelle) who has issued for publication the. fbllbwlrig sympathetic message:— . The NeW Zealander loves the native, birds of his country arid is keen to protect them. Re'c'pghisiiig this,'.thb. Nbw.ZealandNative Bit'd Society has declarbd August X s Month” and hopes -to create in the NeW Zealand, public a fmlei' bird'sehs'e.. It is a fact that the native birds perforin a most Valuable service to the Db ; minion by destruction of inseeb pests, it is also a iact that in /winter tiihe, jliarti; clilarly ih a se’v'ere winter, such & this bri© is proving, large numbers of birds fail tb survive the season. Therefore the rhonth chosen for fostering, interest in the native fauna is ah appropriate bne. . All New Zealanders will, I am sure, help. . _ As Minister of Iht'errial Affaire, looking after this branch of the department’s fhne; tibns, I desire to express, iriy syiiipathy with the effort being _ made by the Bird Protection Society ih its attempts to htw up iurtrier ’inlfefest in bur feathered friends and unique plant-life.