SAFU KILLING.

Otago Witness, Issue 2814, 19 February 1908, Page 11

SAFU KILLING.

rormvnTTTIW ACT A THOUGHTLESS ACT. AUCKLAND, February 10 - George Ritchie, the master manner, who , ast w€<jk was oharged with having two sealskins in his possession at the Cascade River in A t £ last vear> and with hay. . kmed a fceal about the s Ume> * arfid a(. the in to.d The £ h d fe^n remanded to allow of d iries respecting Ritchie's statement fa } seal-killing was to avert the star- ; ffa *; f which he mado one wintw> T^ r' port of the in J^ A &£o^rSTh.fSSUffi , th<J one in command of the expedition in (question, was averse to killing the seals, but Ritchie persisted in the hunt. Ritchie said the report, k.lled three seals ami skinned them. The carcases were letfc below high-water mark, and the > tide.carried them out to sea and defendant cured and took away two of the «»"• *«" "I/" when he feft Cascade River. The iW trate «id he d.d not feel ««i«toed alto gether with the account that tne sea-is were

killed for food, and, on the other hand, the" act certainly did riot appear to hnve beei: done for gain. It looked as thoUCfh do fendant'a sporting instincts had been tcv much for- £im £ hen the seals appeaml ■ unlicensed Nimrod mijrhi j[ £• t pheasant that rose before him _ der the * circamstanccs ho would dea\ g^Sto^ C the offence, convictin, or. fc h" d inflictinff a fine of £5 an s c3 i? thi first, and costs only on thY 6 ThV fine _d «»_ amounted in alt £ he £? {^defendant being -ailpwed tw*< ™ j^. fashion to pay. montns in wmon p y