CASES MARKED "ELLESMERE PLUMS."
; X'Trade in:swans' eggs. ;,;;: . tBI "ciDItiIR9r6)IDKHT.I , . ;■ ; April" • At, the , ' Magistrate Court/, to-dav Mark Edwards, a Lake VEllestnero . fisherman,,, pleaded guilty to a chargo of destroying':swans' eg,£B.;• ■<•■'> ■-■•'■-.Y ;,' '■■'■',-',' ■", .' Mr. Cassidy, who; appeared for defendant, said that it did not- appear to be generally known that it was an.offence to; tako swans!; eggs. He noticed in tho newspapers an acknowledgment for a consignment of swans , ,, eges received from a farmer.-. ' - ■'■■ .'• ~ Tho Magistrate: 1 understand that there is a very largo trade dono by oonfectionere in these, cms. , ■: :.. ;:■;. ■:'.". ' '.-■-' ':.'-' '. Mr. Ritchie, who prosecuted, said that the Government wcro now taking steps to prevont persons frominterfering with swans' cgRS, and tho maximum fine was fixed at £10. This man .had over 100 eggs. in : hie possession when tho ranger accosted him.' There wore a large number of eggs', forwarded to town [xsriodically, and it was most difficult to .detect tho.'party".responsible, ,for, •'Uio casos woro markou'"Elleemero plums". •or something olso, ■-.■ ■•■''. ■ ' Tho Mngistrato inflicted a.fino of 20s. r .and costs. '■■~/.■.''■.'.■■■■' ■■■'. '■; '•• '.'. ■'"■ .• ■-■ -.■".'>■'■''..'
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 493, 28 April 1909, Page 2
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166CASES MARKED "ELLESMERE PLUMS." Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 493, 28 April 1909, Page 2
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