—‘A single colony of red ants will destroy 2,000,000 insects in the course of ’ x year. The hunting preserve of one red ant colony may cover 17 acres.
At 2.12 a.ni. on Tuesday a sharp shock of earthquake occurred in Wellington, waking many people. The seismograph indicates a local origin, probably Cook Strait, some 70 or 80 miles from Wellington.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3942, 1 October 1929, Page 34
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