THE GOATS
3TOT MASSACRED MERCILESSLY MANY CAPTURED AIJIVE f "Is there any revenue from the •goat skins?'' asked Cr C. G. Caisley .at Monday night's meeting of the Whakatane Borough Council. A few sporrans had been manufactured said the Mayor, Mr B. S. Barry, reminiscently. A wrong impression had got about concerning the methods used in the ' elimination of the goat nuisance . said Cr W. Sullivan, It was thought that all the goats had been slaughtered mercilessly but probably the -e- greater number had been rounded up and taken out into the country. • Only the most energetic and elusive -■•were shot. The clerk, Mr D. V. Saunders, con firmed this. Every endeavour had _ " been made to round up the goats, but this had proved difficult and vone party had given it up. There "were three or four chases after the gor.ts and a number were captured and taken away by farmers who had ' blackberry to eliminate on their - farms. It had been impossible to - capture some of the goats which Avere too much for the dogs. The Mayor, Mr B. S. Barry, said Constable T. J. Cummings.organised several expeditions of the youtli • of the district and caught quite a : number of goats.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 61, 13 September 1939, Page 5
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