WAR ON RATS.
HEALTH OFFICER'S WARNING, i I The Medkfll Officer of Health, Anck-! hind. Dr. Boyd, has written to all local bodies, advising that, owing to the re-1 ports of plnpuc in rnrliii. stops should be taken immediately to pxterminatp rars. This communication has <i»nprally mot with a good response, and special efforts to reducp the rodent-pest are now being made. ; This afternoon Dr. Ho.nl staid! that it, was mofit desirable that efforts to destroy rats should not I>e relaxed just because plague had not vet made its ap- : pearanoe in Australia. Thorp was a j serious plague prevailing in India, and | it would be just as wpll it everybody did ' their utmost to kili otT as many of the rodents as possible and prevent them!' from multiplying. •
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 105, 4 May 1923, Page 3
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