PLAGUE OF MICE.
FARMERS’ HOUSES INVADED. GRASS STRIPPED AND HAYSTACKS FOULED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received April 12, 10.50 p.m. Sydney, April 12. The depredations of mice plague in the western district is increasing. Reports from many centres state It is necessary for members of families to take turns and act as sentries over the sleepers so as to prevent them from being bitten by the pest, which are in countless millions. Having stripped farms of their grazing lands, they are now invading the farmers’ homes. Haystacks are being fouled and the fodder rendered valueless. The stench of dead mice lias made many homes almost uninhabitable. Although thousands are caught nightly, there is no appreciable reduction in the plague noticeable.
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 April 1922, Page 5
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119PLAGUE OF MICE. Taranaki Daily News, 13 April 1922, Page 5
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