PLAGUE OF BUTTERFLIES.
* INVADES ITALIAN TOWNS. |HELD UP VENICE EXPRESS. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received Aug. 28, 12.20 p.m; ROME, Aug. 2v. A plague of white butterflies has invaded Verona and Mantona. They flew in clouds like snowflakes, and roofs of buildings and pavement's were covered and) houses invaded. Myriads gathered on and around the Venice express, which was held up- for two hours. The passengers could not blight. The ,invjn|sion das ted four hours. It was thought the butterflies were blown by high winds from Africa. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 28 August 1925, Page 9
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