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THE FRUIT FLY.

(By Te'egrapli.—Own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, this day. As showing the increased violence with which the several species of fruit fly hare attacked New Zealand this year, it may be mentioned that while last year ! tie "number of cases condemned :it \V<?l--lington was 1025. the number alreadj' con- i demned during the first nine months of ! the present year, the year h?ing reckoned i from April to March, has been 1431. and there are three heavy months still to come. At the present rate there is a likelihood that this year's number will __ be, double: that of ..last year. find"January-are the months, of Austra-. * : "E_a stone fruit, a prolific conveyer ol t' $y.. .Very little stone fruit has* escaped. . condemnation this year, and one would wonder that the Australians find it worth their while to keep on shipping. ' The j iniit fly operates more or less on Aus- I tralian fruit all the year round-, the I orange crop catering for its needs during j the winter, j September was the only i month in the year when no fiy infection J was discovered. Importers seem to have | beeoina fairly well accustomed to the continued condemnations, and treat their j misfortunes philosophically. I

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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8, 9 January 1908, Page 7

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THE FRUIT FLY. Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8, 9 January 1908, Page 7

THE FRUIT FLY. Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8, 9 January 1908, Page 7

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