PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS.
DEPREDATIONS IN RUSSIA. AEROPLANES TO DROP POISON. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 5.5 0.m.l RIGA. July 20. Large areas m thj South of Russia are being devastated by a plague of locusts. One swarm o; J he insects, which is 25 kilometres in width, is sweeping up the Volga Valley and i-, consuming everything in its path. The Soviet authorities have despatched military aeroplanes to combat the pests. The machines will scatter gases and other poisons among the insects.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19386, 22 July 1926, Page 9
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83PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19386, 22 July 1926, Page 9
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