, FREE FEEDS FOR RABBITS* !: ■ -; —» i «a» > —- A successful experiment in rabbit poison* ".;: ing was; last week ~ carried out on' the Mount Hope reserve, near Pyramid Hill ? ;; (Victoria), by Mr. Charles McGillivray and Mr. R. Chant, the rabbit inspector. " Frea feeds," consisting of pieceu of apple, were . laid on three days -in succession, and upon: the fourth the apple •: was poisoned, . with strychnine, with the surprising result thao f the; following morning 847 dead rabbit! ' : > were found, and there is now" not a Uv«|g:| one to be seen, on the area. •/■ J J I -: - , 1 . , ■■ ':;V.. l *ji { r ". A meeting of those; interested in arranfli ing for: a > largdj and systematic . search for . the prospector, iChomae Donnelly, who ha* been! missing in the Tararua ranges for about three weeks,' was held at Mastertoii ;>'j last Friday, evening. Arrangements were; made for a brake?to leave, on Saturday after* noon to convey/a party and tents to th» -: ranges, where li was intended to camp tot ~ 0;-, the night, so as to make an early start ye*<. terday Another party of' towns-* ■_/_" people was to ■ leave -*arly yesterday mora*_'•.'.,;« ing to join the skicV '".'', ,/ ■ ■ I . ■' M
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14359, 2 May 1910, Page 6
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