Parasite That Kills Gorse
REPORTED DISCOVERY IN CANTERBURY Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 6. The discovery of a parasite that had killed all the gorse in the Waimakariri riverbed near West Melton, on the Waimakariri River Trust’s property, was mentioned by Mr. H. Holland nt, tonight’s meeting of the Canterbury Progress League. ‘‘This is the best information the farming community has had for years,” said Mr. L. M. Coop. ‘‘Jf the Progress League could produce this parasite and kill all the gorse io New Zealand, it would be the best local body in New Zealand.”
Mr. W. J. Walter said the parasite would bs worth millions of pounds to New Zenland if it was as successful as Mr. Holland claimed.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 186, 7 August 1941, Page 7
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