In i*'in f"«-!<>r KJWrfield, Director of the Caw - throne Institute for Scientific Research (states a Nelson Press Association telegram), announced that I»r Tiilyard liatl obtained a number -if injects from America which fed on the aphis. On Saturday afternoon it had been first TnoteUithat a number had been hatched Tiie trees ;>.r the institute on which the experiment had been made were heing rapidly cleared of the aphis. If the insects iieeame properly established they would greitly mture the aphis tr lu'de throughout New Z>*a!nd. There w«»s no ebaue.- of r!ie in>e<-"-: attacking t\e trees after ther had eaten all the Refuse •>ub'.ttt>iti:s. on • >*AZOL/ the icien'ilie -■■ a ■ Iv and preventi!-; >){ c.ph-Fis and .;..;.{.. i - ,i) ,\.«>>± i;c.
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 1282, 4 May 1921, Page 5
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