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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 12 June 1907, Page 3

Mr W. Rodier, a settler of Tambua, Cobar, (N. S. Wales), has issued a leaflet entitled "The Rabbit Pest in a Nutshell." Under the heading "A Few Facts Worth Considering," he contends. :~"1. The rabbits are polygamous 2. Because of being polygamous they have become a pest. 3. This polygamy is caused by the use of the spring ' trap and poison cart. 4. It is impossible for them to be a pest and at the ' same time polyandrous.. The spring trap and poison carts kill more males than females, this causes the rabbits that are not caught to live in a poly- ( gamous 'State, because of being poly- I gamous the females are more ' more prolific than they otherwise would be and produce more females than males. Consequently anything that . kills the males increases the pest and . acts in the same way as the proverbial i snowball or the notorious ohain letter, 1 the longer they are continued the grea- j ter becomes the volume of the rabbits, and that is why the rabbits have spread from Southern Victoria well into Queensland and West Australia in spite of the hundreds of thousands of millions that have been killed or died by the droughts. The remedy is to make ] the rabbits polyandrous, and to do this i only such plans as catch the rabbits £ alive should be used, then kill all fe- i males and liberate all males, and for i convenience cake cut off half the near ear of all males let go, so that they will be known if caught a second time." Mr Rodier regards the male rabbit as "the saviour of Australia." Miss Matilda Monteath appeared as a solicitor at the civil sittings of the Magistrate's Court at Wellington on ' Tuesday, and had the unique experi- i ence of being the first lady to take a ; seat at' the Bar in the Lower Court in WeUington. Miss Monteith, on asking for an adjournment of a case on behalf of Messrs Levvy and Mackenzie, was congratulated by Dr. M'Arthur, S.M., OU her first appearance at the Bar. His Worship said he hoped that they would see Miss Monteith frequently. JJJss Monteith was admitted as a solicitor at Hokitika. ,