RAGWORT MENACE
ABSENTEE FARMER FINED FQR FAILING T0 CLEAR . The action of an absentee landlor^ F. Skelton, who had failed to see thaj . ragwort was cleared from the la|| ' which he had leased led to his appeaij ance before Mr. S. L. Paterson, SJ| in the Rotorua Court yesterday oy charge- of a breach of.th'e • Weeds Act. ' . , • Inspector Newson said that the rfi : feUCe was serious. . Skelton had M 1 repeated warnings and had endangsj ed his neighbours' p'roperties, all 4 ! whom had dorie their best to cleartij ' land, under the act. . | Sheltdn said th'at he resided | Auckland and did not know the po| tion. He had- let a contractto cutt| ragwort hut the man did notdoih j Inspector Newson said that it *3 not a case of poverty. There j acres of ragwort. . 1 The Bench said that it was a . 9 m '■ ous m'atter. Defendant, hy /a fl clear the noxious weed, was mabj it heart breaking work for his neia bours. He would be fined £3 andcoa
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 544, 30 May 1933, Page 4
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