APPLES FOR OVERSEAS.
A PRESERVING SOLUTION. (Received 11.45 a.m.) MELBOURNE, this Jay. The Customs Department is notified from West Australia of the discovery of a solution which it is claimed will do away with the necessity for refrigerated space for the export of fruit and potatoes. It is stated that if fruit is dipped in this solution it will be preserved for a long period without the need of refrigeration. A cargo of apples was treated and sent as general cargo from West Australia to Singapore, and back, the trip lasting six weeks. When opened the apples were in perfect condition. The cost of ( treatment was a shilling a case.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.)
.INFLUENZA'S RAVAGES. ITALIAN SCHOOLS CLOSED. (Received 11.35 ajn.) ROME, February 12. All the schools have been closed owing to influenza, the average mortality being 90 a day.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) 24 DEATHS AT THURSDAY ISLAND. SYDNEY, this day. I Twenty-four deaths are reported from i Thursday Island. Only two of the vie- j tims are whites.—(A. and X\Z. Cable.) I
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Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 38, 13 February 1920, Page 5
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