The Pelorus Guardian says :—The special virtue of some of our timber is not generally known. For instance, bugs, the mosb disagreeable of household posts, will nob locate themselves anywhere near ritnu grown in this district, and sailors often pick up a few chips at the mill to place in tnelr bunks on board ship to keep tnese insects away when the vessel has such unpleasanb companions on board.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9490, 20 April 1894, Page 3 (Supplement)
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