; PLAGUE UPON PLAGUE. According to a Canadian newspaper, some time ago rats from a ship that went. down 1 off Sable Island, near Nora Sootia, succeeded in reaching the shore, and goon multiplied to such an extent as :tO': become . dangerous to the settlers. When they had well nigh destroyed the food supplies on the island, the settlers imported some energetic cate, which kept the pest in check until a passing ship left a- pair of foxes on the island. That was fatal to both: rats and oats. Soon foxeg overran the island in every direction.: They killed not only the rats but the oats as well, and at tha present time the. Government is considering the advisability of sa active trMfr «fais*t them.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4467, 21 September 1901, Page 3 (Supplement)
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