PLAGUE OF MICE
CAN THE PASTEUR INSTITUTE RENDER HELP? THE RAVAGES IN N.S.W. (By Electric Cable—copyright.) lAust.-N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received May 1, 9.30 a.m.) Sydney, May 1., A conference of the Western Districts branches of tho Agricultural Bureau resolved to ask the Government, in view of the widespread damage resulting from the plague 'of mice, to negotiate with the Pasteur Institute in Paris to introduce a virus for the spread of a disease to kill off tho pest. Statements, are being made showing that mice are still widely ravaging the wheat fields. It is also stated that the last plague of mice caused a loss of wheat valued at £1,000,000, besides untold loss on farms and in homes through tho ravages of the pest. v.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 4577, 1 May 1922, Page 2
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125PLAGUE OF MICE Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 4577, 1 May 1922, Page 2
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