INVASION OF RATS
CITiY BUSINESS AREA SHOPKEEPER'S £6O LOSS MUCH CLOTHING DESTROYED The prevalence of large numbers of rats in the business area of the city is indicated by the recent experience of a shopkeeper with premises in Shortland Street. As a result of nightly attacks by the pests over a period of about a fortnight property to the value of £6O was destroyed. The destruction was mainly confined to clothing Not only did the rats tear large holes in the material but they also ate many of the buttons. Traps and poison accounted for 31 rats in 10 nights, 13 • being secured on one night and six on another. The rats have now entirely disappeared and none have been caught lately. The shopkeeper said yesterday that he had been troubled by a similar invasion about two years ago.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22960, 11 February 1938, Page 10
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139INVASION OF RATS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22960, 11 February 1938, Page 10
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