THE RABBIT PEST

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 257, 21 April 1888, Page 5

THE RABBIT PEST

Wflumvton. Apiil 19. important experiment i« no, beln<: Conducted at the instigation of the \hni~tei tf Land*. Arne rabbit Miffenn* from bfeidder nuke wa« caught in airarupa ancl sent to Blenheim, wheic it m«- eaten bvn do^ which had been kept without food for. day or two. The do^ was then let oLe. It ib thought that the animal will any other means, and the expeument , « being made with the ob ect of proving the tiuth or other*™ of the learned gentleman's assertion.

Sydney, April 19. The question of appointing a deputy Chairman of Committee, owing to the illness of the Chairman, has given rise to numerous rows. The matter has been settled by the appointment of four deputies. The Speaker, having the power to- select, decides to do so alternately. .

Several Aucklanders are still trying thenfortune on the goldtields of Western Australia From the " We 4 Australian ot the 19th of March, we learn that Messrs d. Barrett and C olemun (late of Auckland) had arrived in Perth from the Yilgarn goldfields on the previon- Saturday. bach gentleman brought with him specimens ot ttone which he had taken from reefs at Golden Valley. The specimens are of an excellent character, the gold being plainly visible to the naked eye. They have Deeded oH claims upon leefs in the valley. Thr?>eweretaken up by Mr Barrett, lywgata distance of four miles south of Mr Co)reavy's reefs. He is having about six hundredweight of the ptone brought down to Perth, which will be forwarded to Melbourne for assay. Both gentlemen state that water is now very scarce. ihe supply at Barcooting has been nearly exhausted, in consequence of which the parties on the fields are leaving almost daily. They met several parties on the road, coiner to Golden Valley, and represented to them the impossibility of procuring sufficient water for their need*. The parties were not, however, to be deterred from pushing on towards the fields, but it is believed that when they arrive there, they will be obliged to turn back Messrs Barrett and Coleman describe the weather as having been remarkably cold, until the more settled oarts of the Eastern dutnete jvere reached.