"NEVER A PEST."
LITTLE THING MUCH DISCUSSED. •The opossum is a little thing' which tho public in general has li«ard a great deal m the last few weeks. Yesterday the Agricultural Societies' Conference added to the volume, Finally, the conference resolved that as large areas of scenic reserves and mountain wastes in the South Island are capable of carrying thousands of pounds sterling of opossum furs annually, it should urge the Government to utilise this source of "great national wealth."
Speaking to tho resolution, South Island farmers said that tho opossum did no harm whatever except in fruit-growing areas. They added that tho animal could never become a pest as it was so easily killed off.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1817, 1 August 1913, Page 5
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