SOUTH WALES MINES
A PLAGUE OF RATS Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, Juno 4. (Received June 5, at 12.80 p.m.) Tilo removal of the pit ponies and the fodder from the South Wales mines lias driven thousands of ravenous rats to th® surface. They are invading the houses in the vicinitynecessitating a strong guard of terriers at the pit heads. The colliery farrier, accompanied by dogs, descended the mine. Swanns of rats furiously attacked him, and drove him to the surface. The owners, fearing that the rats would be wild enough to attack the miners returning to work, have organised an extermination campaign, Sydney Sun ’ Cable,
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19260605.2.77
Bibliographic details
Evening Star, Issue 19268, 5 June 1926, Page 9
Word Count
105SOUTH WALES MINES Evening Star, Issue 19268, 5 June 1926, Page 9
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in