Page 2 Advertisements Column 3

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 293, 11 December 1899, Page 2

The "N.Z. Farmer" for Deocuiuhas the -following:—Having; ber-3 for years consistent opponents ft the importation of stoats and wease;= into this colony as a remedy tor rm rabbit pest, wes may point to a ca* recently reported in Auckland^ showing the mischievous and dangei; ous qualities of• these vermin. It" stated that a boy of eleven yearsjoi age, the son of, Mr Chatfield, a je| known Auckland dentist, was attached by a weasel -while asleep;,*"? severely bitten on the mouth. was in a thickly populated subu| ! and shows how bold these vicious litui I animals become when they AViU :*»* ' dwelling-houses and attack sleeps, I children. A few years ago there wa ! a case in the Waikato of an infant■ 11 its cradle being severely bitten by \ weasel or a ferret... Destruction ..a poultry by weasels is becoming qR ! common, and the worst of it .#, W lis but a poor chance of ever ;geTO|; I rid of these imported -pests now tn?y I have become established through ithe country. As to their suppose? lvalue as destroyers of rabbits,^ |is little or no evidence to prove j they have been of any appreciable -w J iStoats and weasels have spread i^ the Auckland district through^ King Country of late years', and >c the collection of rabbit skins DJ...H--; Maoris has this year been greater toa Sever, no less tha 57,000 skins ha«J. (been paid for by the Government .w September as the proceeds ot W month's work. In the South P°'^ ing is still recognised *as a nef r Sbl\. and the only effectual remetiyr cj cept, of course, close .settlement^ districts suitable for farming^ S ! pavatively small areas..' vviuw | i doubt the "natural enemy: fff, pt i.fulfilled expectations as a rapm* ci terminator, the only excuse wrI introduction, but it is on }^\-M, I road to fulfil anticipations as rt B « , | its highly mischievous ch.aractei. - j our growing poultry Industry «iJi i . j this'fact more and more every^3 ■<-.'.• I A large purchase for cash-Tje. !tire-silk stock of a warehouseman- ■ half price; blouse silks from r yard.-(D.S.C.-(Ad.) v Verandah blinds, superior q? ,- with extra good pulleys afe fi^;--from 2/11 to 7/6; second qu^'%*fc-r 2/3 to 5/11, sizes from 4, to it D.S.C.—(Ad.)