IMPORT OF PARROT
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Seaman Charged
(By T«leeraph-
AUCKLAND, Last Night. , . Thomas Roach, seaman, was charged on summons with importing into New Zealand- on October 30 an Australian adjournnmet, • Sub-Inapector Fox said tion and Game Ac;. When Roach's Counsel rpplied for an adjorunment, Sub-Inspector Fox said tha tthe maximum penalty was £.200, or six months' imprlsonment. As Roach was co-dng off . kis f(|hip, two Customs officers actosted him and found a parrot underncath hiB shirt. Roach deliberately threw the parrot into the air and thus dispos'ed of the evidence. The charge was a serious one, as parrots wero disease-carriers. The hetir '^ig . was ad journed untal Friday,
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 34, 3 November 1937, Page 12
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108IMPORT OF PARROT Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 34, 3 November 1937, Page 12
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