NovemberJ.. /9/ 9
THE LANDSW0\1AN
Boys and the Rat War
By Jobn Bond
I j H \YE
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d look-out for the rat.~.
Oar bOy• tu-re h.."\d t.he•r lmagfns•1o115 Clred by the prcbp. c
f
C!\! ona.l rs'·hilllt which oo~an, ne"tt. week, and tin·~ an·
1 r ·hly prep:Lrlllg oo nd tb~ country of th~ 1 -·- In one
Yp bout.
\rch~. C r m~ne;, is eoa' anoed that th,. methOd of the Pu•d
ro! Jl m Un t th• only ,.ty ctn on • and b'l pictn~ hnn.-,dJ
Id n~ acro· I:n-:!~od w1th thWill"o.l.
n ~ only trouble I tlelt hi\ b.s' not yet di•co\""ered the ri~ht
p or
r J::ht tun•. From the attic come daaboh<'.al not- •
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. .H~h prnctr· n~-t on toy oo~pipc~. a hn wbt~tle. a ('Omb. A
J w" harp. awl
no:.L• -q~kcr5. Two talll') wh1tc rat k.-,ep
m comp:1ny au l wh"n th"Y "tart ja.zz•ng he wJII know th:lt he
' tran ph d Th y Ar• ~n! tilroly oo comtnJt s.wcldf'.
R nle 1 more on~Jn:s.l.. Onoe whrn h~ wa 1\~ m<'untrd on
g p, and u)ll1 eel hook~. to \\"bJda 11,. U11• uire.
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ay • Aru w h• b.l!t d, u~.udle ;; of eo·t, wath choke
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bl of l'!r' t and f'b~, th u P'~~d dov;n to the ground n••ar
th ru• ' bot
fh"re ~~ a hoolc now in thll j:'.ll\len, ~1th rutrul
rr~on on I cunnln~ly rontrl\ed oe:u A hole which Rtnnae'! "IL)'
th hom• of a hundred rats. It happNll to be the pt-\oo
w re at •rn "
dug out, but our ftn~r•rs sre on our hrs.
;,te ~~ r •-ID"ttm~ W1th d.\n~r. ll!wing hoarJed up ~ollll.!
powd r fro:n a ftruwork that would n<~t ~o off on p,•ace St~U\t,
b nst r: Uy turn! to tlr ums. One t.rem•nrlolli ~hot fin-d 1nto
a ut h • w.u "~plltaca~ " th:! enemy, and thft vern:un not
• • ru k by buU ts wm d~ of sho ·or from th"' Cum . In pur--nat.
of h •cl A h ~ lt ramm• l th• powd•r m to an old fhntlock p· tol
i d l d UJ•
' b rr•l w.th. t ntact~. " re , ao.t tmfoil from
at -
..., •er tly "'~ w.l•"r tb~ po'W'd"r A• reg11larh• ~ the
~ d pbnt.s.
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~·pp r. too, 1 to u• blown tnto tlte hole~. to rn:ske th" rat-.
1
cho
"" cmd b trav th r pre ncr.
lA t rn' and m kl are Jio:l.rt of tht boy,; outflt, th. lA:te r tn
<:...1
th r t~ !!hnll•i "fly" at. th•m; also IOt.harubb•r "hOI's,
le obby t.ick • oucaly ptu• to d JSgu
tbe human odour, h··dgl>·
c.l1pp u to cut. o:f the rat6' tAll , and a •how-ea· forth" large t
unents
p
Th.A I fe of th• rat l b•1n~t "rud up" by thP hoyP. but what.
ha !truck th•m m~t. fore hly 11 an aoeount of a bahv havinll
b:-en at.t.sebd by rat!. NAto~Uy it foll01Vi that a to.lby must
t•• dr;t-ela ' b3 t. So tlt•y h.'\\'P tried to cajole th • charwoman
to 1 orlim: th m h•r ~by Cor o~ nl~h~ only. &nd they olt!mnly
:riU ntee to -po-t th ·rn~IV<.'~ at nll ~tra~~tlca.l pomt<~ in the
l:!Md n &n•l slAy e\ ry animal that bow· H ·lf. lo~ befon- it
n b1
the baby. • o far, t~y ha-..-e found Ul<" ch.~rv.oman
lactuna in ,.nY.rpn"'.
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TheW'()~ t
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of lt
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perhli{IS th<' bl- t.-tha u~rr 4rf' no rat~
"New Zealand
b.- n rath<"r •urpn>'('d, wh~n talkm)( to ~ 0111 , t •
L \ .\..S. ~·rls about ~mJitratan~t, how r~w h;lve thoug't 1 to \OUr
\•'W 7..calan•l. P~rbap, ) ou ha\c heard \~f\· lattl•
about
C'olony. I know a littlo my;;s-lf, havln~ I!JM.'Ilt fiw )"eca~!tlthat
1 "t'(>.
.. ,) I 1\lll try to tl'll you '~Om•·thinll to ln~t'l'st vou
Th~ cluna~ of New Z.·al<'nd as sa ad to be o1if'
tl-to lX'
h' \t of th,. aumm••r i~ rot her tcy•Jnll to ncwrolll;;·r,. 1 0 •t; th
ooe t~toon becomes acclnll"t'~d. To gi\'\' you '~Olll(' ,' \'e'~:r
Chffi.l~, thl' AfUnl lillC'I thAt Only groW in ho\.-hou.;,ca I Of tbt
ot
Id
~l'Ot\JOg wild in many
r
llt••rc
thett-'-Oin" }lCO le
&n
no~al)lLi weed--And tomaoo·~. llTaJ>I'q, p.•a~:hl' ... an~,.
a
trm~ '"" ne<'d to take <.uch CAr\• of ~ro" to ~rkction i
I' le&t.•
To tho-~' 11·ho mte nd Ulkmg up d:\iry work it wiU bo n th~> 0 JlCn,
I .1m sun. t() know thllt th,. Clp and n•akt- room for 1\ n~'wconwr T ani.} Wf)
plea•ure-lovmll p'O{'it', thousrh tht'Y do not abu:.C it'''f ~~ 1\
food of nod .. s hotk·t day m summer Oil" can Alwa" Y com-
e ool, ~hady llpot in th,.. btt"h if one Is fortunate cnou/t~
~nd
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n~'M it. 'fh" eustom~ tht>l'l' an- just like onr own 1
loc
not for the alN'noo of onr fnond'l and rcl.atlws it
~om ... tin"te~ to l'f'!\li"" ~ man y mi\P'I d.ivid~ us from th•· bom~d
IMd, and I think thllt ll\et oolps us to settlo there mon> r tct m.bfoep and fruit. I uon't Uunk anyon• n~~
h~ Mraid to \"ent~l'f' to emigrate : tbcl'l' Is pll'nty of work to be
h'l.d. and well ~1d, and •" s rule very eon.sidera~ l)l'oplt 00
w~rk for. I som"tame., have felt sorry I came homo, but I h"ve
~:\med a lot by- coming. I wanted to do war work, thoullh I
n~ _vcr dt'f'amt of farm work till I landed b"n' : lndrrd, I dJd- not
thmk 1t. could oo. D'lllrlt so Interesting as I have lound it and
!lOp' tO ront1011~ lt tn ~ eW
aland.
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ADA W RIOHT, L .A.A.S. f
(Lanes).
pll'tdy.
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The Joys of the Land Army
, Th! omona.t
drawin~t~
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are for sale-April, 15s. ; January
J t'bru.ur. '{ly, :3'pt•mb~r. Octob~ r, i'\oveml)!"r, £2 2~. each.~
\ pply \ , n . John;t.on, 12, RI• ,,l~ton Road, S .E .l3.
our molrthl.taurhood
- l>ailv :\Jrn1.
The Country
Faith
F;REin the country'
heart
Whf•J'(' the gras is ~rcen
Ltfc- i the amc S\\1 t i t Jif~
\ it ·, r hath II('Pn.
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1 ru t w
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nod ttJI )he ..
~\nu th lx-11 nt morn
1~ with
thought •)f
r:oal
0 er tho ri mg, urn .
l1nt} N>llif"
tnJn.
dtH\ 11 Ill
tht•
\: u 1llf' c.ru )' grou
tnll-
'lh~Jfl th countryftutb.
\ nd the be t of nil
Non M
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t; u.r.
A JJ ol ol f:nglt'h PocJrv
T. r'. & R. <' . .r •kl.
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A Helpinl Hand. Jolly Lan d Girla helpinc wounded
aoldiera onr the railio lf• a t the Chertaey Show.
Pl•oto, Topical Press
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