NEW ZEALAND TIMBER

Southland Times, Issue 19279, 25 June 1924, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND TIMBER

BORER IN WHITE PINE. SUGGESTED AUSTRALIAN EMBARGO. (By Telegraph—Press Assn—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) SYDNEY, June 23. Mr Froggart, Government Forest Entomologist, in an official report on timber pests, recommends that the importation of New Zealand white pine should be prohibited and its use for building purposes discontinued on the ground that it is said to be badly infested with the lavse of the European furniture beetle. He warns the public against wasting money on some reputed pest remedies now being offered. Mr Froggart says, regarding Hardwood, that except when sapwood has been used, there is little or no danger of serious damage froin the powder pest beetle. He recommends the application of a mixture of kerosene and crude cresote and considers that with ordinary precaution there is little danger of foreign timber borers gaining a foothold in Australian forests.