VERMIN AND REPTILES
INVASION OF HOMES AFTERMATH OF FLOODS CRICKETS COVER BUILDINGS. Received 1.30 p.m. to-day. SYDNEY, Feb. *2O. As a, result of the recent floods in the north millions of crickets have invaded the houses on the low-lying areas. They are so thick in some places, particularly at Goraki, that the woodwork on buildings in invisible. Snakes are also plentiful, three men killing 182 in one day.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 20 February 1931, Page 9
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68VERMIN AND REPTILES Hawera Star, Volume L, 20 February 1931, Page 9
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