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' Per Press- Association. , ■■• •. I AUCKLAND, January 17. The desirability "of instituting a cain- • ]£ xgn .?ff inst s tte Tatar which infest , the neighbourhood o* Queen Street and - tne wharves was referred to last evening iv a letted to City Council by Dr. Purdy, District Itealth Officer. ±4e drew attention to the movement iwtiated.: in, JLondfci; ,for, the extfefnjinafion of rats, and suggested that pro-perty-owners in ifo* y vminjlty of .the wharves should* be rippfbactied with the idea of having their premises made r*t-proof, and that as far as possible tHis policy shduld^be- carried out iii vQjieen Street, , together with the, ipspection of N celfe^^ in Lower Queen' Street, and the laying down of a ratexterminator. The matter was referred to the Streets "Committee.