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AR. R-. Ravensbourne.— The stump can can" be destroyed by boring half-inch auger holes down the centre and filling them with a mixture of saltpetre and kerosene. The holes should then be plugged and refilled two or three times a week After about a month of . this treatment the stump can easily ■be burnt out and the remaining outlying roots grubbed out. , I. F. M„ Hampden.—ln spite of ma?y attempts, we have not so far been able to identify the object found by you on the b 6“ Old Timer,"' Invercargill.—The question raised by you is being investigated.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26848, 12 August 1948, Page 6
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