THE FRUIT FLY.
(Peh Uxited Press Association*.) WKLLTNGTOS, Mureli 19. Roforrinpr to tlw pree-ence of the lledilerrancan fruit fly in New Zealand, there is net yet great ground for alarm, but I hero is sufficient to warn people, that they must givo noliec of fho prct as socn as they ctserve it. Tliero is a very good chance of siamiiiiiT out the fly before it can s'rf a grip of the country, and the department's officers will rp.«rirt to all possible remedial moans. "We will havo to tski; very drastic measures." said "Mi- .1. D. Kifchie, Secretory for Agriculturo, this mornina;. The. dcsfniciiaii c? all fruit from infected orchards is an imperative necessity.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13856, 20 March 1907, Page 5
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113THE FRUIT FLY. Otago Daily Times, Issue 13856, 20 March 1907, Page 5
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