A PROFITABLE INDUSTRY
OPOSSUMS ON BANGITOTO | Special “Chronicle” Service. ] AUCKLAND, March 23. The Island of Rangitoto, barren and desolate as it appears from the city, has quite a profitable industry. Opossums established themselves on the island many years ago, and flourished in their rocky home. Last year over £9OO worth of skins was obtained by opossum trappers on Rangitoto, and the Domain Board was made the richer by £3O.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20104, 24 March 1928, Page 9
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69A PROFITABLE INDUSTRY Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20104, 24 March 1928, Page 9
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