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Show Australia's Rabbit Plague. Tho last spell of heat cleared off a multltudo of rabbits directly nround Broken Hill, nnd although thoro aro still many about, they aro not nenrly so plontlftil ns n fow weoks ago. Howovor, apparently thero has been no diminution on tho holdings a fow miles from Broken Hill. At ono well-known well-known stntlon tho lessco has been trapping tho rabbits at tho tank when thoy como to drink. In this way no fowcr than 35,000 rabbits havo been exterminated rit ono tank In n fortnight. fort-night. A cartload containing 700 rabbits, rab-bits, was put on tho scnles and weighed ono ton. Mclbourno Argus. |