MILLIONS OF LOCUSTS
INVASION NEXT SUMMER, SOUTH AFRICA’S PLIGHT. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. CAPETOWN, October 11. There are indications front all parts of the country that an invasion of locusts on an unprecedented scale will occur next summer. Vast swarms, sometimes square miles in extent, are hatching out, and it is expected that they will be enormously increased when the rain comes. The Government and farmers are waging a vigorous war of destruction but the outlook for the farmers is regarded as very grave.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11649, 13 October 1923, Page 5
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85MILLIONS OF LOCUSTS New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11649, 13 October 1923, Page 5
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