THE FLIES' FUNERAL.

NZ Truth, Issue 890, 16 December 1922, Page 14

THE FLIES' FUNERAL.

"Sjvat that fly!" wUI soon be a phrase as dead as the Dodo, judging from the achievements of a London chemist who has discovered a solution the smell of which, it is reported, is guaranteed to end the pest of insects of even* description — from a flea to a mosquito — although quite harmless to human beings. An experiment with this stuff has been tried m a lollie factory where the workers had no end of bother with wa§ps. No sooner had the place been sprayed with the liquid than wasps, flies, bluebottles, and every kind of insect m the place dropped dead literally m hundreds.--The "next test was m a stable, where a horse was sprayed. And again, presto! Not a fly to bother old Dobbin. The new mixture, which has a smell something like burnt rubber, is naturally of. considerable interest to* countries like New Zealand, where we havo just a little too much attention-from blowflies and mosqultos, not to mention flies and other familiar little friends. Unfortunately it will be some little time yet before this Heaven-sent cureall ls on the market.