RAT NUISANCE.
LOCAL FIRM ENCOURAGES RATS. THE RUBBISH TIP. DUMPING GROUND FOR ROTTEN POTATOES. TWENTY-FOUR HOURS TO REMOVE THEM. In spite of the efforts of the Bor--1 ough Council to impress on inhabitants of the Borough to endeavour to kill rats or prevent the spread of the rodents, some absolutely ignore the requests of the controlling body. A complaint was received at Monday’s meeting of the Borough Council hat a certain firm of. merchant providers and produce merchants, - which deals in potatoes had dumped a cargo of rotten potatoes at 'the rubbish tipj. It was pointed out that these potatoes made excellent food f° r rats. The Mayor: What is the good of the foreman laying poison 'to destroy rats if persons are going 'to deliberately deposit food for them. The foreman was instructed to inspect the tip to see if .the complaint was justified, and if so the firm is to receive notice to remove the rotten potatoes within 24 hours. These people were doing the very thing the Health Department asked the Borough Council nolt to allow to be done, remarked the Mayor.
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Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 713, 10 March 1922, Page 5
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185RAT NUISANCE. Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 713, 10 March 1922, Page 5
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