PUBLIC ENEMY No.1
At a recent meeting of the council of the South Island Acclimatisation Societies, the delegate from South Canterbury described the Public Works Department as “Public Enemy N. 1.” It had, he said, destroyed all cover along the rivers and had also depleted certain streams of their natural water supply. The delegate, who sought to prove that Government control of acclimatisation matters was undesirable, denied the truth of the reported statement of the Minister of Internal Affairs (Mr. W. E. Parry) that the sports of shooting and fishing were deteriorating and declared (hat sport was better in South Canterbury to-day than for 10 or 12 years past.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 290, 8 December 1939, Page 11
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109PUBLIC ENEMY No.1 Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 290, 8 December 1939, Page 11
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