THE HUNGRY MOSQUITO.
HOW TO DEFEAT IT.
A correspondent has sent the following hint for dealing with the mosquito pest which, from her own personal experience. has been found very effective: — "Secure a piece of mosquito netting about four inches larger than the window," she writes. " Run an inch hem all round, leaving the ends open. Thread ordinary elastic all round, sewing, or tying, a small loop at each corner, and sewing the netting to the bottom of the loop, leaving the loop clear. Next, put a tack or small nail in the wall at each corner about two inches in from the opening and loop the elastic and netting on these. It, should he stretched across the window every evening about dusk time and unloopeci in the mornings. This is far better than tacking the netting all over the window, as it can be undone during the day to allow the full air and sunshine into the room. This is very little trouble and yet is such a boon to those who are worried by mosquitoes during the night."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20152, 12 January 1929, Page 18
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180THE HUNGRY MOSQUITO. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20152, 12 January 1929, Page 18
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