"RAT WEEK" IN BRITAIN.
FIFTY MILLIONS TO DIE. LONDON, October 20. A "rat week" ; s beginning in Britain to-day. Paid catchers have been distributed throughout the country to supervise tin; offensive. Fifty-million rats await extermination. A mysterious gastric disease, leading to paralysis and death, U nixing among eats. Thousands are dying daily.—(United Service.)
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 250, 21 October 1919, Page 5
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53"RAT WEEK" IN BRITAIN. Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 250, 21 October 1919, Page 5
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