NEW MARKET IN JAPAN.
GOVERNMENT BUYING RATS, CATS AND DOG SKINS. (By Telegraph-'Prcss Assn.-Copyright) (Received This Day, 9.20 a.m.) TOKIO, July 10. Officials of the Ministry of Agriculture admonished the people not to throw away dead rats, cats or dogs, but to sell them to the authorities, because the skins were excellent substitutes for ox hide, especially for knapsacks.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 July 1938, Page 5
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59NEW MARKET IN JAPAN. Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 July 1938, Page 5
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