FLOODS IN THE SOUTH.
I nrownlnfc of Rabbits. , 1 [Sotuhiwid News.] I The passengers -who left Inyercargill I by the morning ;train for "Kingstbii on I Wednesday • had.. a no/yel experience. I After passing Parrawa, it was thought I. that there wcjuloVbe no fuither trouble I from the flood* Soon after leaving I Athol 'another br&k ■ Mia -observed I ahead ', speed was accordingly slaqi^ned at 4 i»oii*t ' .the mifce.rvhad I encroached to' within a few feet of each I side of the line.- -Here hundreds of rabbits' had collected) and aa. the engine I advanced they took-to the middle of the I railway liae," and ran before it like ft I flock of sheep, m constantly increaainj? I numbers 1 as they went. Just as the I train drew up at an enforced stopping r place, the bunnies; anable'tagofirther a^plui^il^ I water "' wasj iihic^E^withf them, .and the I probabiUtyiS d)ab few of them lived to L reach their burrows.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 82, 5 March 1884, Page 2
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159FLOODS IN THE SOUTH. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 82, 5 March 1884, Page 2
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