SHOOTING GAME IN FRANCE.
The issue of licenses to shoot, game has been suspended in France since the outbreak ,of the war, and the Ministry of Agriculture has lately received thousands of letters from in the trenches protesting against its resumption till the country is cleared of Germanss hut. hares, rabbits, and pheasants have multiplied so considerably that the crops are suffering, and the leave granted last year to the rural proprietors to keep" down the game without taking out licenses led to a considerable loss to the Treasury through the cessation of shooting rents and license dues. It is expected that the question will he settled by issuin'' licenses valid dtivms the last three months of the year, m at any rate, for a shorter sea«o# usual, with a system of day-to-day permits for soldiers on leave.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1623, 12 October 1916, Page 4
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138SHOOTING GAME IN FRANCE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1623, 12 October 1916, Page 4
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