RABBIT-CATCHING.
A PROFITABLE INDUSTRY. The rabbit-catching industry has attracted all sorts and conditions of men, who in a few months are able to put together a cheque that would take the greater part of the year to accumulate at their ordinary occupations. Iu the Southland district bunny is having a bad time, and if prices of skins remain as at present farmers should scon be relieved of anxiety when the Department’s inspectors are about. The Defence. Department lias dispensed with the services of a number of officers, and some of these have procured the necessary equipment and seized the opportunity offered by the state of the English and American markets to add to their wordly goods, at a rate impossible in other ways. Several captains and lieutenants for whom the Department has no use at present arc pursuing the elusive rabbit iu the lakes district, and the attraction the occupation hag for so many throughout New Zealand has further reduced the supply of labour so far as other channel: are concerned.
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Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 26 March 1920, Page 4
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