GAME SHOOTING
Good Season Predicted ROTORUA DISTRICT Commenting on the prospects for the game shooting season to be opened on Saturday, May 4, the Minister of Internal Affairs, .Mr. Parry, predicted last evening, that so far. as the Rotorua district, was concerned sportsmen would enjoy the best, season for ground birds for the last 20 years. The liberations from the game farm at. Ngongataha over the last three years, combined with the young birds produced by natural breeding had, he said, so well stocked the territory as to make the forecast safe. “I have reports showing that shooters are making preparations for Rotorua,” Mr. Parry said, “and no doubt, the’ information I have indicated about the birds there has reached them I feel that their guns will have full and successful use and their dogs plenty of exercise.” . There was more than the usual interest, the Minister added, taken in this veer’s’ shooting season. The 'opening having been fixed for Saturday would enable shooters who were unable to leave their employment Io enjov the sport during week days to have full sway over the first weekend of the season.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 184, 1 May 1940, Page 8
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189GAME SHOOTING Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 184, 1 May 1940, Page 8
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