EARWIGS FROM HOME.
THE RUAHINE'S SHIPMENT. (iKPBCUi TO 'T*» Pa*M.") "WELLINGTON, December 7. Cattle and sheep and other domestic animals, Bays the "Post," are common freight by overseas vessels coming to New Zealand, so that they Boon lose their novelty and are'regarded in much the same light as » piano case or a box of hardware. Insects, however, which require careful attention Throughout the voyage, are another matte!. Included in the cargo list °f the Ruahine, which ib now discharging London merchandise at Wellington,, ij an entry tor two cases <&«""£,«» from Homo to the Cawthron l«u**»tj at Nelson. Many and varied were» the instructions for teeding the insert*, 6n the passage, and it » to the credit ot their attendants that the least, have reached the Dominion safe ly. Several of those which died were eaten by their fellows. .^Wrvl It is stated that this particul»r brand of earwig is intended for -use a i apple orchards, where it is very effective m counteracting apple blight.
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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17941, 8 December 1923, Page 14
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