MOSQUITO PLAGUE

Greymouth Evening Star, 9 February 1935, Page 12

MOSQUITO PLAGUE

_.r I “HUMAN LIFE A MISERY. - I SYDNEY, January 26. Mosquitoes and sandflies continue to ' menace man and beast in the Goondiwindi district. Stockowners have had j to delay earmarking their lambs. One} reason is that the waterlogged state! of many properties makes it difficult j r.i muster. Another is that countless' mosquitoes have caused swollen ears' in many flocks, stockmen preferring

! I to wait rather than take the risk of i ' infection. j The greater portion of the Goondii windi town common, four miles west of Goondiwindi, is covered with flood 1 water, and there are four horses, j three foals, and six calves dead on the common. They are black with } mosquitoes, from whose effects they 'died. Three men who visited the ; common had to ictire hurriedly, with i their arms and faces terribly blisterled. Stock still alive on the common j were nearly mad, and were galloping from one tree to another. I Mosquitoes are making the lives of the townspeople a misery, the people l

'finding it better to retire early that to fight the uneven contest for hours on end. At the local talkie theatre which is mainly an open-air show glowing red coils, each witii its tiny spiral of smoke, have been placed tin dcr the seats. These have provec fairly effective. The road to Toobeah is now opei to tiavellers, but Sheep Camp Gully at Lalagulj, which is running a bank er. prevents direct access to Taiwood It will be at least five days befon this watercourse is down sufficient!} for people to get across.