FEARSOME RATS
Apparently rats of extraordinary size are reared on Sunday Isiand. In a letter from a marine on H.M.S. Achilles, which is at present on an Islands cruise. It is stated that a visit was made to the isiand, and one of the in- , habitants ca-me on board. The marine says that the plaee is infested with cats and rats — and the rats have the upper hand. He asserts that the rats are of such size and ferocity that the cats are actually afraid of them. One of the nien was sleeping peacefully one night when he woke wifcli a start to find a rat gnawing contentedly at his big toe,
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 146, 8 July 1937, Page 5
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