IMPORTED ANT EGGS
FOOD FOR GOLDFISH i SURPRISED OFFICIAL . ~ iPer Press Association.) • .PALMERSTON N., this day. There was a .worried look on the countenance of a departmental offieia. in Palmerston North yesterday when he was presented with a glass tube containing ants' that obviously were not indigenous to the Dominion. They were large antsj several times bigger that the common New Zealand .specimen, and had hatched from eggs ’brought-’to the country to serve a,s food for pet goldfish and other specimens of 'the finny tribe that arc kept in 'glass bowls. What is .puzzling the departmental ' official is how they were allowed to enter New Zealand. Usually a permit is needed from the Department of Internal Affairs for such importations, and they are not easy to get. In ' view of the policy of keeping the Dominion free from foreign pests, the need for such a- policy is quite apparent. One only has to instance the losses through the white butterfly to know what the country could suffer if hobbyists were allowed to indulge their fancies indiscriminately. it is understood that the matter will not be left where it is.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18756, 12 July 1935, Page 5
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189IMPORTED ANT EGGS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18756, 12 July 1935, Page 5
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