Fifty Years Ago To-day
(From The Southland Times). AUGUST 15, 1886. Very Good News.— A correspondent in the Oteramik district wishes to say that he “thinks the time has come to stop rabbit poisoning in thickly populated districts. Not only do the rabbits suffer great pain, but in spite of great care stock may be injured. I have been out shooting and hunting with four dogs during the winter and did not get more than three rabbits a day.” Stump Extractor. —Mr Cockerill advises that three of his stump extractors are at constant work on farms within easy reach and invites those interested to visit the scene of operations. Mail Notice.— Mails for the United Kingdom, Europe and South America per R.M.S. Aorangi close at 9.55 a.m. on August 24. Due London on October 7. Imperial Federation.— London, August 12. A deputation of the Imperial Federation League waited on the Marquis of Salisbury to-day to urge that a conference should be held to suggest means for collective action in defence of British ports in time of war; for promoting commercial interests, and to secure the closer union of the Empire.
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Southland Times, Issue 22969, 15 August 1936, Page 6
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190Fifty Years Ago To-day Southland Times, Issue 22969, 15 August 1936, Page 6
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