RABBITS.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 30, 29 March 1879, Page 3

RABBITS.

TO THE BDITOB. '. . i'" Sib,—^ do not supppse. that the Babbit i ß[niflanoß ~,iLQt ir- jpnerftUy im^Tp».,sTA». landlords may bjjr a' petition fo.ih^ : €h>»6r^ : nor caHseiarabbit district to be proclaimed, f'^ud ali, landowners m the difijtrict Avill^h^ye ,(6ne t .fpte, pacji m "the electidn oi jtaro^te'ei, v^hb l TfilrHol*offi<je until the first of March ,m the following year, Ifvthej tr,ußfceeß. 5 hare reason, fco. believe that ther^..ape ja|>bjtg \ m a wild state on' any hind; they) may r.e- --• quire tshe.oypler.to destroy them T^ithin, ten ; diiys 1 and if no efiicientsteps" be taken by j him, to carr^; out 'the notice, they my,y, after I thafc time, authdrißft.Bomex)ther pexpoa.fepjdjp ! so, and to. remove the rabbits ; Buph persons, shall not be liableior damage, unless it.ba^ done wilfully, and without necessity,' ox by . any person - who. dpes ;.ijot on, demanjfe pro-. ; dv^ j b^.^f^,a ; u,(;horityv A **&*»*. ,fffc ■

ceeding one halfpenny per acre may he levied m Rich ?r\v. m order to carry out the provision* of the Aot; Sir, we have, a cU»ti'i.*t vrln»re such a thing as a rabbit nuisance ough^ uot. t:i bu heard of ; nor would any body tliiuk of it if tho plague had not been imp xljtod. But perhnps rabbits may not thrive here ; yes, and perhaps they may, improvident as they are, make the banks of the .river their stronghold from which to invade the re«t of the county. They may be checked by a flood once m every ten or twenty years, but being " as fertile as improvident, they will not mind .that. lam sure they won't. If trustees "were elected, they would not act before there was a necessity, but they would be there ready to inquire whether the rabbits lately 'seen m Palmerston were happy m their new quarters ? Whether the grass is to their taste, tlio dogs civil, and whether they have a suitable place for burrowing, somewhere near the river or elsewhere ? A single domestic insect of a certain kind is sufficient to cause great disturbance and many inquiries m a house ; the settlers ought to have an eye upon the rabbits. — I*m>4°- V.M. P.S. — It will be seen that the Act is not unnecessary oppressive. If the landowner is unable or unwilling to stop the plague, the public will do it for him, and make him pay the expenses, a circumstance which ought, to waken up the settlers, if nothing else will. If action be taken m time, the trustees might not find it necessary to Bue for expenses, but the landowner is liable for them, and may be sued. People who do not wish to breed rabbits must kaep them m confinement. V.M. .