Unwelcome Evacuees
The latest unwelcome and uninvited evacuees to Australia from Britain are rats bombed out of their homes in warehouses and docks. Several slips have had more rats than usual, but officials of the Commonwealth Health Department said that the rat iniiux was well under control. British merchant marine officers have reported that in some ports of Britain rats have been difficult to control since bombing started. Bombing of warehouses has left rats “homeless.” and, in spite of precautions, some have found their way into th® holds of ships. On one ship duriftg' the voyage the crew killed 100 rats.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20571, 3 June 1941, Page 6
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101Unwelcome Evacuees Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20571, 3 June 1941, Page 6
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