BLENHEIM.
This day. A novel mode of dealing with the rabbit nuisance has just been adopted by Messrs Parsons Bros., in the Awatere. Early on last Thursday morning, before daylight, when the rabbits on the flat were feeding, about 1000 yards of string netting were hung loosely on stakes driven into the ground at distances of about a chain apart, as far around the foot of the Starborough hill as it wonld reach. Soon after dayiight dogs were employed to start the rabbits up towards their burrows, and the efforts of those engaged in the operation were successful beyond anticipation. Started by ;the dogs, the rabbits made' for their holes in large numbers, and rushing at the loose netting they became entangled in the meshes, and were then easily caught. At two o'clock 1700 had been killed, and it was expected that another 500 would be obtained before dark.
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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4727, 1 March 1884, Page 2
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149BLENHEIM. Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4727, 1 March 1884, Page 2
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