TO KEEP FLIES AWAY.
SIMPLE REMEDIES. A few drops of essence of sassafras or oil of turpentine sprinkled on a rag and put about the larder will keep flies away. Twenty drops of carbolic acid evaporated from a hot shovel will help to banish flies from a room, and a piece of camphor gum tho size of a walnut, held over a lamp till consumed, will act for mosquitoes.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20229, 13 April 1929, Page 6 (Supplement)
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69TO KEEP FLIES AWAY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20229, 13 April 1929, Page 6 (Supplement)
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