A MENACE OF RATS.
PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN. -> ' (Per Press Association)'^ WELLINGTON, May 26. The Minister of Public Health states that in consequence of reports from Auckland and Wellington as to. the existence of something in. the nature of a rat menace, the regulations gazetted in 1911 to prevent or check the spread of a plague of rats are; to he put in force. Steps are to he taken to secure rats for examination, and harbour boards are to be advised to destroy rats in _ buildings on wharves and to make buildings ratproof if possible. Masters of ships will be required to produce certificates that their ships have been subjected to anti-rat fumigation within six months.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CVIII, Issue 16820, 27 May 1919, Page 7
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116A MENACE OF RATS. Timaru Herald, Volume CVIII, Issue 16820, 27 May 1919, Page 7
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