WELLINGTON, Wednesday.
The following is an extract from a letter received by the Government irom Mr R. Boucher, sheep inspector, etc., Queenstown, Lake District :— " I was last week on Wanaka Lake, where a mob of hoggets were attacked by keas, and in one night no less than 200 sheep were killed. The bonus for destroying keas is such that it gives a great impetus to men to destroy the birds, and sometimes it is hard earned money. The ranger of one run in this district gives contractors 4s per beak and his shepherd 3s per beak, and the consequence is that this shearing hardly a sheep was marked by them, while the death rate on sheep was reduced by nearly one-half. The total number of beaks delivered at any office was one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four." At a meeting of the creditors of Peter McGrath, formerly a publican here, who absconded, it was decided that the assignee bring the matter before the Minister for Justice, with a view of bringing the bankrupt back on a charge of felony? At; the Supreme Court, Daniel Sullivan was sentenced to four years for forgery.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1835, 10 April 1884, Page 2
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192WELLINGTON, Wednesday. Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1835, 10 April 1884, Page 2
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