An unwelcome visitor to sheep farms in the Birinoa district was a wild pig, which had recently 'been causing serious losses of lambs by its ravages (says the Wairarapa Times). After several unsuccessful attempts to capture the marauder, a party lying in wait by moonlight sighted a boar, but not before it had killed several lambs could the party get in range and disable it with a bullet. It was immediately hemmed in by a pack of dogs, and Anally despatched with a bullet The boar is reported to be the biggest caught in the lower end of the .valley | for some years. First Aid for Cougns, Colds, Influenza, 1 Woods’ Great Pebbermint Cure.
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Waikato Times, Volume 108, Issue 18139, 2 October 1930, Page 9
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