RATS IN SUGAR CANE
Cause Strike in Queensland (Received 21, 10.45 a.m.) BRISBANE. Aug. 21. ( .no .oi t<i . in the Herbert 11 iver district arc on strike because they are not allowed to burn the cane prior to cutting in order to destroy rats, which it is believed caused an outbreak of Weil’s disease. An unruly element among the strikers asserted itself. Parties went from farm to farm overturning all cane trucks found on the train lines. A demonstration was made at the HnMix police station The police fired stwtn into the air, dispersing the crowd.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 212, 21 August 1934, Page 5
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