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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 533, 21 May 1920, Page 3

Much has been heard lectntl.. ibout money in hides, but tne pos sibilities of the rabbit do not a]> pear to be equally familiar to th public. It is reported that a return >'d soldier went out after rabbits ii. the south with several mates am amassed a large quantity of skins o! a value estimated at J;7000. With th< fruits of their enterprise the party came to the city (says a Dunedin paper), and shipped the skins to London covering them with insurance to the value stated.' The value was questioned at the time by the company, but' they were quite satisfied a i'ew months later when the rabbiters paid a return visit to the insurance office and showed them the invoice for the sale of the skins in London for £22,000.