GREY DUCKS.

Waikato Independent, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3060, 3 October 1933, Page 8

GREY DUCKS.

DANGER' OF EXTERMINATION

Having been approached by the Department of Internal Affairs to express an opinion on the necessity for a close season for grey duck in the year 1934, the Auckland Acclimatisation Society is endeavouring to ascertain from sub-societies and license holders in the' various game districts of the province, if the close season would meet with approval. A return from Hellaby's freezer, which probably handles more game than any other freezer in the Auckland district, gives a clear indication of the decrease year by year in the head of game secured by sportsmen. However, the Auckland Society is more fortunate than any other society in New Zealand in that it still has huge belts of breeding and shelter swamp; consequently the decrease in the numbers of grey duck will not be so marked as in other areas.

The Auckland society is asking the sub-societies to hold meetings of all license holders in their districts to put forward the following resolution: "That the 1935 season be a closed one for all game, and the 1934 license fee be £2 (the fee raised to compensate the society for the close season.)" The decision accompanied with a list of type-written signatures, for and against, is to be forwarded to the Minister of Internal Affairs, as he has indicated that he would require such evidence as this before making a.definite step in the direction of a close season.