THE TROUT DIFFICULTY.
[To THE EIiITOE.] Sir,—Upon ivliom devolves the duty of protecting tlio trout in the streams about is'simply neglectinsr the duty, and the 'fish' are peached..'\wholesale without- ail ' ut cniiecal.iutjnt..The Jlatjyps can br Been 'almost(daily carrying< trout' from the viver, whiUv people spread 'netß for .them, while the fell-mongers oii the river ■banks are pujsiining : .what fish the poachers leave, and reullyiTiippears that the only persons under.'restraint are'tha few who pay license fees'' fnrthe ; privilege of .whipping the streams emptied by unr lawful'means. ■ 1 The penalties''imposed' by daw upon those *whi i deetrov the fish are very '.severe;: and'; the ■ poachers are very bold.; Surely if there was anyone to; see;th.e.)a,v. enforctd .it .should not be hard hi get a conviction V at any ratpi-ifc. voiild.beeasy;(<> prevent the M being', .poisoned, arid in the' public interest this.filiould be done.' Giiuld not you, sir, urgethis matter up-n the attention of the - powers that be, and oblige ..J ".'Fiscaiok'-V
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2500, 14 January 1887, Page 2
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159THE TROUT DIFFICULTY. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2500, 14 January 1887, Page 2
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