USEFUL STARLINGS.
... WANGANUI, August 16. Destructive grubs, which have concerned farmers in. parts ,of the Rangitikei district have been attacked by flocks of. starlings, which fed voraci-. ously on the pest. It is stated that; magpies have considerably reduced he number of starlings in the district, and plans are under consideration to quell the activities of the black-and-white-birds. Starlings are stated to be one ,of . the most: useful varieties Of bird* in New Zealand.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HOG19320819.2.14
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Hokitika Guardian, 19 August 1932, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
74USEFUL STARLINGS. Hokitika Guardian, 19 August 1932, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hokitika Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in