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Rabbit pest in wheat districts prompts call for action
A deputation report to Agriculture Minister Baxter warns that rabbits have infested eastern wheat belts and the Great Southern. It criticizes the government for weak response, just eight poison carts, and urges immediate, decisive measures to save farming and the state. A water rate notice for 1918 follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.F. Baxter
Western
Australia
mid-Great Southern
Bunny
Boor
Wheat Belt
Bhd
Ufent Rabbit Department
Banter
Nuld
Baxter
Crawford
Theo
Toodyay
Willie
Ani