OPOSSUM SHORTAGE
Telegriiph— Prena Aesocintion,)
Big Drop in Skins Reported CLOSE SEASON WANTED
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WELLINGTON^ Lart Night. A close season. for opossum trapping aud an increase in the maximum penalty for offences against the regulations were requested by a ddputatipa frbm the Wellington Accljmatisation Society which waited on Hon. W, E, Pkrry to-dny. The deputation pointed out that the industry had grown in importance from the revenue viewpoint, but the number of skins taken last year showed a rbig drop, Finep for poaching and other breaches had not acted as a deterrent. The Minister agreed to give the question eerious consideration.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 67, 6 April 1937, Page 7
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101OPOSSUM SHORTAGE Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 67, 6 April 1937, Page 7
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