THE SMALL BIRD NUISANCE.
INVEROARGILL, July 9.
Delegates from the local bodies- met again to-day to deal with, the ifeqiiiremientis of the Act for tihiei dejgtruotionl of smialil binds. 'A relsolutioni to take no aatdon,. Huti to pay the Government prorata if or caftying oiit thfl work, was affiraned^ witb the addition thati the GoveommentTie aske4 to amend: the Act at oncesoi that it may be ttiade workable. Section 9 precluides a local.:body from layingjpoison within 300 ya^ds of a dwelling" without-the consent "of the occupier. This makes the Act* a nullity in boroughs. Invercargill and the suburban borougli cover, nougblv 10,000 acnes, much, iof it bush, land, and. as the Act stands"this is a'sanotuarig: for biard's.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 11992, 10 July 1903, Page 5
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117THE SMALL BIRD NUISANCE. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 11992, 10 July 1903, Page 5
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