^tLOPOSSUM^ — earn spare time money and help eombat this pest ! Opossums are a definite — and growing — menace i j They kill trees, destroy native bush, thus con- m ! tributing to erosion. THEY MUST BE ERADICATED. dRfe. w The Government will pay 2/6 for token skins (cjonsist- flHBt jfJKm ,l -* {? ing of two ears contmuing into a nine by two inch strip of back) or will guarantee a minimum floor price Bk' ' of 2/6 on all opossum skins submitted to approved aBm auction saies. WBfoMB Help this drive to combat these pests. There 's good rhoney in it for you aJtd you'll be rendering a national . ^ service. Boiinty for Tokens Full details of the Scheme are presented in a pamphlet _ ■ ■ . . _ which you can obtain by calling at or writing the follow- Or O UarsntCCQ ing offices : Lands &Survey Dept*( N.Z. Forest Service. Miniimini Eimiir City Councils, County Councils, Catchment Boards, M,mmUm FIOOr Acclimatization Societies, Opossum Bounty Officer Price at AllCtiOVI and local offices of Internal Affairs Department. ......... ' / 2.B.I • • f| ' • ■ . V. . ' • . • • :*j ' Issued by the W i I d I i f e D / v i s i o n , Internal Affairs Department. — — — r
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Taupo Times, Volume I, Issue 29, 30 July 1952, Page 3
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