. Rabbiting has proved a' particularly lucrative occupation during Ahe past few months in portions of South Canterbury contiguous, to the Waitaki River. The, “Oamaru Mail” states that within five weeks one company of three men earned £59 each on a small run. A pound a day lias been by no means difficult in pursuit of'bumly, so that it is hardly wonderful that farm laborers in the vicinity have forsaken' the plough and the seed drill to hunt the elusive rabbit. Two factors have been responsible for the big money to be made —the high, price of skins and the plentitude of victims.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3244, 14 June 1911, Page 7
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102Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3244, 14 June 1911, Page 7
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