HEADS TOGETHER

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18063, 9 March 1923, Page 6

HEADS TOGETHER

CONCERNING MARAUDING DEER. ACTION TO BE TAKEN. PRESS ASSOCIATION' TELEGRAM \ WELLINGTON, Thursday. Not long ago much was said about the ravages of deer, and an assurance was given that the. Government would seriously consider the matter. Recent proclamations authorising the limited killing of deer by sportsmen have given rise to a suggestion that nothing drastic will be done to meet the serious complaints. This is not so'. The matter is now under consideration, and definite action will bo announced soon. Until the plans for reducing the herds are approved, in consultation with the Acclimatisation Societies, tna old system will continue. The Minister for Internal Affairs, the Hon. W. Downie Stewart, stated that the heads of the Forestry Service, the Lands Department, and Tourist Department, the Agricultural Department and Internal Affairs Department recently conferred on the subject of the depredations by the deer herds, and came to certain conclusions, which will be submitted to a conference of representatives of Acclimatisation Societies. The Minister proposes to call a conference before the end of the present month. He stated that he realised the importance of preventing the further destruction by deer. He expected that as aresult of the coming conference, effective steps would he evolved to put a stop to the trouble.