THE RABBITS IN WAIRARAPA.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 737, 9 February 1910, Page 8

THE RABBITS IN WAIRARAPA.

jv^'-^hbit. serious! rabbits. 'te'?Sin -one day,;andi'another'.party of.'eight' re-' fsßsiportedva'-bagSpff2oo iinia:\day;s-yTßis: in-'. 55Uf;.™Mtes ! , :'B; , fii'pasj once.;• firing;ibegins/.fthe; , bulk .'o'f: tho" are ; M ' puisiince Jis-?stated-'ito : S|S?t?- oneVinformant.imre on :'.■'■' the'',.'smaller; ">;%!jiih'and;and;-proper.'fencing , ;erected,-'it is iMfSipifairly'.^asysaiiiigi^b'ikeep/them^down;' whole proberty-&w4;oyer.:.y(ars:ago,-.and.every'-hole closed'arid: foSilbi^phide;.pf; r carb6n. buried ; :.in: it.«iNow: e^Sfe'ione'rabbitep-.'is' , ;permaneiitly: ; . employed/on; might,^go:oyer lit for|:£Uji'tt;r day,;ovith,; a\ giiri- "and bag-. a' single' ,:, ,psiK;Sampaign.^byy : -fewS in "past-years,';the; : Wairarapa'. has : p,igiSi';;be'en'/fairly , free'from>the:.pest ! until' re^". Mi-iicutjbns>kept;eYeryb'ody:::upVtp; ; the' : mar£ the;:distncti'wasvprettjK-well clear; : |%S:to';,;sit ,'b'ack j^i|;f:tiplT i .with / that-.the : .time;'has'now-arrived ;for : f):'§'iXi^tKer.-yigprpns^canipaign?- ! and :- - ; it ; '.-;is. S?fii%jibp€d.that. sdmethiiig":will be .done'to keep piyi-thin'gs.'perriianently';in>handj'and not.in K </iV'fifare; allow' the{neglectf y.y. man', t6' breed • KgiKTabbits: to' f 'infestShis;Hneighb6ur's ; - 'pro;' :r-; ! f; : :^^?;yi,':;rh'^-;^.'-y : :.-%:-ii xi !g';sgf?EabbUs;:are ; also),stated'to;;be ;strongly : - Wfss ii-.ln'iview-' ofvthe4above'j'i.iti'is 'linterestingi K*[to;vnote';; fe*'»|lfr.-:Clifto'ni". ! Chief ■Irispectorl'pf ÜB^i^i :^^'W^'-ko^'^^: ,- -i'- -;'.-v"i% ■^'S; /legislation:: tc lVenable.'aTgroUp-of settlers r£JS to -erect .rabbit-proof jfencing. rThese-'.pror not 'generally'availed :of,;and apparently;;'hardly/:: known/ •ii-This/is i'fiJSJUnf prturiate^fior ? such ■; f eneing , ' is •'• beyond" |-'|4li all' v; anYefficimtSiUy;-jin!;!thev"iridiJ; Itosyidnal;; contrplfpf J;the''nuisance.:;' The '<a&-' tMrjiJf 6istance,;Hs. so 'great ■ thatVit, is "submitted ff&i* : i Becurity, ■ -shpuld'Ab'e'; enabled':, to;. purchase netting ..from .'.the ■; Government,\; at %& ir?*;as* : :.loir 'a ,, rate{' as *' on fe'iiq? extending; over •' 'of: year's.-;.' jSuch great' l help v toAthe P&feland/ and :e&ecially,;'in:the lately-settled K'i?|3ttd^bf : jS6nft-i^AncHaii4. TV -HjTe.-..-.sin'gle K;U;«:illiplding3 are. ■fbund-surroDJided ; -with "acres' igg-jpf; scrub :;'an3;]fern. 'V. Grass 'and'.'crpps ■ qtf : farn3S' : are>;the" baits.' and H gathering-; 'fi?Vt 'placfes i pri theSrabbits'..:;'.To .'the ' settler £f#<tSvhM.e;.farniyin^in]'ur , e6^-Und;:fe7-tte; , Qot-.' SftrTioyarice >: and;: expehse.i': .The : .rabbit-proo| ; p-S%fencii ;^uld:i-end: this.: :;','«:';iv; -. ~j. <:-v'i;. : ;:. •-' !'A. eynopsis'- of -the state' of the rabbit. feiKis^tcM^V*^ : '*(*>::;: : ,:.;~ v ; ; ; ;:'■'::.' -':•■,• '■■■ :!?:pk;' v ''-rffiprpyementT:has -,been',' effected ■ rhe're to. control' , Ssisi:This V.cpnditjon liapplies ',■ ,t'6:::,by';iv i ar..; i rabbitTinfestQd;-land;-,:. , P|!k ; -??''w ; ; improvement .::wherev:trapping/for; e^"'B^ort^obtains;;iv , :-?'yF-;:;;:^:- 1, -j:;-: ; : KiJtas3,in. the;,^ack ."country;;'is'• a,.valuable !^is;i'assistapce.v;j'.j^ : ---^'^V;;::'':.. / .''; : ':' l :-.':'i:.: (FKivf , ':'stebbitsgmerally: : advancing.;.'.;■.,..,, ft;-. Pp':;rV j'^hosphprised-pollard, ''fumigation ' 'of. 'and'*Jerectidn"'vof ■■: wire-netting "ifTreasonably,"availed of, .control; -AV^ '^o'^f. p- : iiday/s v sjidw v ;of"th'e/»Horowhenua ; A. : n d ;P;'Association,■■ at p=f'■.■ytjil'-.the' iveatHer -keeps; up; to be;-the, most; :yet-.held."y-:As :excnfsibn ■ fares 'f&s[ l.h'ive :been'■■,-granted;;by.•■.thevEailway.--per. fSJil?rtia'rtment : ''.the,"attendance,-'-.is! expected- to( |i-*'3&!be 1 ilarge,;' andXfrom <.the'.'.entries in: the : ':Ta™?ns' ! ;competitions'■ the':outing should tef?i({;.-be ?an: : ' enjoy able':' pnb : V-f rbm ? the:' spectaT tfSiV.-rtors'v point ■.p,f:';view. : :. . Sixteen .entries. have; |i receivedisf :the. ! i motor-bike ..'-race,-, iviiyi:'.the pony race.^orVboys : will l :see, some:.::?•:;',thing .like-35' starters,..and ini.the jump-, * v: : ',■ '•: ing" events'-.there ■ are. 'no ! less - "than 33 i :^ft;entrics. ; .Theipig 'classes' have,, filled'so a t-,y^-well • that. the';eihibit :will, ,it is : claimed;ifps -/be ;,the' largest; ever.'seen along. :the. coast. vfe-isr ; iHbTrevor vwelcomeV the^recent'.■■heavy iw.Wrrains | ::haveV'been;.:tbVthb:dairy farmer,; k'E'.? there ; are r , stated,by 'the. "Settler"' to be-, |k'j-K(niimerous, .farmers: in .the- Kawhia.'dis-Kiiviitricfi-who-feel,-some -anxiety is to the pl&iprobability.pf.securmg-a successful burn pK;£ this ..season.' fin;, this 'connection we -are tvfe? , informed thatrsome;:2ooo acresiaro:await-ifife,;-'jng.'-'a-'favouijable opportunity, to be- fired p£:s#Sin/Awaroa. alone, , besides, areas':in other ■^J.^sdwtricts.';:-;V;.y;^;'-..v.;U,:.' : '- ;■.•'.''.■>.■/■■■. : •:'■' '•.'