THE RABBIT NUISANCE.
The rabbit nuisance, which thirty years ago was the gravest peril menacing the' pastoralists• of the South Island, has lately assumed grave dimensions in the North-, and it was only natural that it should have received some attention from the Conference of the Council of Agriculture yesterday. In discussing a motion to the effect that the Department of Agriculture should take more drastic measures to suppress the nuisance several speakers, including Sir Walter Buchanan, urged that the export 'of rabbit skins and preserved rabbits should be prohibited. Peoule closely concerned in the subject have been urging tins step for a long time post, belir-vin.fr that nrofits ma fl e 'Hit of rabbits we-"e delaying their destruction, nnd now the Council of ho* 2 taken tl)e matter in hand the Hovernmay be expected »to do something.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 23 July 1918, Page 6
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