LOCUSTS IN EGYPT
THE PLAGUE GROWING WORSE. FLAME THROWERS INEFFECTIVE. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) CAIRO, April S 3. (Received April 25, at 5.5 p.m.) Despite reassurances by the Government, the locust plague'in Sinai Penig; sula is growing more serious. Troops are using flame throwers to enfilade trenches dug across the line of the insects’ progress, but they are unable to stem the shimmering tide. Meanwhile the plague continues in the Nile Valley, where the Government has forcibly enrolled labourers. The position in Transjordania is even worse, and 75,000 persons have been conscripted to fight the locusts. Altogether one-third of the available population has been engaged in this grim battle for three months. —Times Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21010, 26 April 1930, Page 13
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