OPOSSUMS POISONED

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 202, 27 August 1936, Page 11

OPOSSUMS POISONED

TWO TRAPPERS FINED [Per Press Association] BLENHEIM, Aug. 26. Because they were inexperienced in the art of trapping opossums and were not making wages, Roy Raymond Archer and Leslie John Luff committed a breach of the regulations by laying poison on Black Bush, near 1 Kaikoura, which they had been licensed to trap. The Marlborough Acclimatisation Society instituted a prosecution and as a result the men were fined f2 and costs by Mr Maunsell, S.M. Defendants admitted the charge. The prosecution stated that 46 opossums were poisoned, making the defcnrlantsjiable to fines totalling f 240. to £9, lighter f 6 5s to £7 10s, other killable sorts £3 10s to £5. The sheep numbers were below requirements, resulting in a further improvement in,, prices by about 3s a head. The quality generally was good, although proportionately in- ; ferior to that recently offered. Extra : heavy prime wethers made 38s 6d to 41s, heavy 38s to 39s Bd, medium 37s to 38s, light 33s to 36s 9d, shorn 23s 9d to 26s 9d, small and unfinished 25s ' to 32s 6d. Prime maiden ewes made ' 35s to 39s 6d, heavy ewes 30s 6d to 37s 6d, medium 27s 6d to 34s 9d, shorn ' 26s 6d, light 28s to 32s 9d, killable 21s . to 29s 6d, inferior 3s upward. : In a ready sale for an insufficient supply of average quality hoggets, ' rates advanced. Extra heavy made ' 30s to 40s, heavy 26s to 30s 3d, 1 medium 24s to 27s 6d, light 22s to 25s : 3d, small and plain 18s to 235. Spring > lambs sold at 32s to 365, mostly small 1 and inferior grade. ' Calves were sold at firmer prices. Runners made £3 to £7, heavy veal- I ers £4 16s to £5 12s 6d, medium £3 ’ 14s to £4 15s, light £3 to £3 18s, ' smaller £2 7s to £3 Bs, unfinished and ’ bucket-fed £1 6s to £2 16s, bobby and 1 rough 3s to £2 ss. Pigs in average numbers were auctioned but the demand was less keen and values recede a shade. Choppers made £1 10s to £3 7s 6d, heavy baconers £3 8s to £4, medium i £3 9s to £3 13s, light £2 14s to £3 7s, ■ j heavy porkers £2 12s to £2 165,, t medium £2 2s to £2 Bs, light £1 14s to ( fl 18s, small and unfinished £1 Is to c £1 14s, best stores £1 3s to £1 9s, t smaller 19s to 21s, slips 15s to 21s, f weaners Ils to 21s, small 6s 1o 10s. c Sows due to farrow made £1 10s to r £4 7s 6d. Baconers averaged 6d a lb t