SWAT THE FLY.
(To the Editor.) Sir,—One pair of flies, left nn. hindered to breed, would cover the whole earth’s surface to the extent of six inches deep in a your. This was one of the stateni’-tes made by Mr. A. Moore Hogarth, chairman ot the College of Pestotogy. in a London speech. Nobody had any idea of the immensity of the insect problem, said Mr. Hogarth. It was responsible for the loss of thousands rtf lives.
—I am, etc., BLUE BOTTLE. Hastings, 26/8/27.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 218, 29 August 1927, Page 9
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