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New Zealand Tablet, 27 April 1911, Page 771

Timaru sportsmen are agitated over the discovery that the Washdyke lagoon, close to the town, was made a sanctuary for ducks in 1906. This was not known there (says a Press Association message), and the lagoon has been shot over during the last five seasons. The Hon. D. Buddo was appealed to to cancel the order, but he has replied declining to do so. He advises sportsmen to station themselves outside the area, and shoot the birds on the wing as they come and go. -*--•..