Newcastle, IS. S.W., has received an unwelcome but numerous body ; of viaitpra, iiPifi^shape of a host of Worway rats, which escaped from a. vessel m the harbour. Many of these vermin have been caught in :the cityi They average ; more than a foot m length, and are large m proportion.- . j ; ■...■'. ' . The ffßay of Plenty Timet '■ oaya :It has been calculated by the ..- Manager. >..;c| ? the Bank' ot New Zealand at Ppojiki that tfiereareoVer 1,500 acres under maize m that district. The maize crop is all that could be desirep^ and it is expected that at the leasttKe avetage will toe 60 bushels to the acre, which at 4s 7d per bushel, will give the! giand tbtalj£2o;2so. to the Opotoki farmers for jpqe kind of crop'
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 120, 27 April 1883, Page 3
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