SALE OF SWAN EGGS.
A RICH HARVEST. tSPICTAE TS "THE PHESS.") WELLINGTON", April 12. Some time ago the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society applied to the Minister of . Internal Affairs for permission to collect swans' eggs round about Lako Ellesraere and to sell them for certain named objects. Mr Russell gave the permission, and during the season a rich harrest has been gathered. The net profit on the collection and sale of tho eggs was about £130. Of this sum the Society retains half and the other half, which was handed over to the Minister, has been appropriated to assist the sick and grounded soldiers in the Queen Mary Hospital at Hanmer Springs.
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Press, Volume LIII, Issue 15874, 13 April 1917, Page 6
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111SALE OF SWAN EGGS. Press, Volume LIII, Issue 15874, 13 April 1917, Page 6
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