Pigeon Poaching Getting Serious
“The Department views with concern the rate at which native pigeons are disappearing,”, said Mr , ; S. A. McNamara, Conservator of Game, in prosecuting Hina Tuweirui before Mr E. L. Walton S.M. in the Court at Whcik atane yesterday for shooting native pigeons at Waimana last May. ’He added that a bad feature of the case was that the'defendant was accompanied by two young boys, who might have been taught 5 to be .poachers, too. 3 . It was pointed out for the defence that there was a special Maori ceremony on that night, and the pigeons were to. have been a special delicacy. In fining Tuweirui £5 and costs, the Magistrate remarked that distinguished guests at Maori functions were not infrequently provided with pigeons. He suggested the , Department of Internal Affairs ' might look into it.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 92, 8 September 1948, Page 4
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138Pigeon Poaching Getting Serious Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 92, 8 September 1948, Page 4
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