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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14244, 12 March 1917, Page 8

Croaking like .hoarse tin trumpets., thousands of little frogs tnrnfd the ..pavements of f),en'sington gri'fMi, and .made th^e inhabitants of houses feol a ,ne\v sympathy with Pharaoh (says a\\|elbonrne paper of . 'Fqbynary 25). The frogs appeared immediately ufti'r heavy rain, nu<\ apparently came from the j South. Kensington swamp, and cats aud. boys epjoyed rare sport. In a few ■minutes the footways were carpeted with green frogs tp, an extent which rendered walking in the, vicinity difficult. In some places, the frogs invaded houses and shops. One householder says tint the noise N was increased 1 ' by the presence of a number of vagrant cats, which, scenting sport, descended** on the hopping brigade. A maji living in Westbourne road'&ud, '"'When I returned from work yesterday it_tbbk me all niy time to get into my front gate. The frogs were that fchick'that T had. to walk over them, with the result that } I was virtually, 'flipping about," .