THE PROTECTION OF OPOSSUMS.
Sir,—! notice in your issue of October ■ 18 that Mr. L. O. H. Tripp, president- ■ of the Wellington Acclimatisation So- ! ciety, ns reported to have said that | l'araparaumu fruitgrowers havo passed ; a resolution favouring tho protection ot opossums. No doubt Mr. Tripp has been 1 misunderstood in the matter, for the idea convoyed in your remarks is that protection of the opossum is sought in i the fruitgrowing portion, of this dis- ' trict, and this is contrary to factr At a meeting held in August last thfc question of tho proposed' leinstate--1 nient of the protection of opossums wna • considered. A resolution was carried ■ agreeing to protection ill the outlying • portion, of the district, but a, large ' "open area" was definod surrounding : tho fruitgrowing localities, in which no protection was to bo -observed' Tho i open area" was agreed upon after conferring with Mr. Tripp.—l am, etc., R, It. HARRIS, i Chairman Provisional Committee Fniiti growers' Association. Paraparaumu, October 28, 1913.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1890, 27 October 1913, Page 11
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165THE PROTECTION OF OPOSSUMS. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1890, 27 October 1913, Page 11
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