BROKE LAW FOR FOOD

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 779, 27 September 1929, Page 18

BROKE LAW FOR FOOD

TIMBER WORKER IN TROUBLE NATIVE PIGEONS KILLED (From Our Own Correspondent) TAUMARUNUI, Thursday. Pleading- guilty to a charge of shooting four native pigeons because he had a large family and was short of food, a timber worker of Taumarunui, was fined four pounds and costs, at the Magistrate’s Court. The defendant, Walter Richard Climo, who was represented by Mr. A. E. Seaton, admitted killing the birds at Raurimu, the charge being laid by Mr. Pennington, a forest ranger. The prosecution stated that shooting had been heard in the bush near Raurimu,, and in an interview Climo had acknow- : ledged shooting the birds. Defendant said that lie was the father of a large family, and was short of food at the : time. Mr. Seaton, who entered a plea of guilty, explained that Climo had a large family, and at the txTne he shot the pigeons he was out of work, the mill being closed down. Hefendant. had been out pig-hunting, and not having had any luck, had shot the birds for the, sake of food. Mr. Seaton pleaded for a small penalty, in view of the circumstances. The magistrate, Mr. It. M. Watson, S.M.. imposed a fine of £4 and costs, half the fine to be paid to the Forestry Hepartment.